Today (Friday 22nd August), to mark the famous annual Manchester Pride “Big Weekend” coming to the city, ten members of The Manchester Airport Choir sang an array of classic hits whilst donning suitable rainbow coloured attire to get passengers in the mood. Formed in 2012 The Manchester Airport Choir was featured on Gareth Malone's BBC TV series The Choir: Sing While You Work, and regularly appear across the region. Throughout Friday they sang hits such as Fly Me To Moon, You Raise Me Up and Only You, to create some feel good cheer for passengers departing to destinations such as Copenhagen and Prague.easyJet and Manchester Airport are official sponsors of the Manchester Pride Big Weekend which takes place from Friday 22 to Monday 25 August. Tens of thousands of people from across the UK and Europe flock to Manchester’s world-renowned Gay Village for the event and to watch the parade. Heather Boyd, from the Manchester Airport Choir said: “We are delighted to be singing in the terminal to mark the arrival of The Big Weekend.”“We’re hoping to spread the love and a bit of feel good cheer as customers’ jet in and out for the weekend-long celebrations.”Ali Gayward, commercial manager for easyJet said: “It’s great to once again demonstrate our partnership with Manchester Airport by having their choir perform by our bag drop zone in the terminal. With a full programme of events and entertainment lined up, it’s a great start to the Big Weekend.” “easyJet is proud to be a joint sponsor of the Big Weekend and to support the local community. The North-West will also be pleased to see easyJet offering more destinations from Manchester Airport with the recently announced route to Funchal, Madeira.”Mark Fletcher, CEO Manchester Pride said:“Manchester Airport Choir helped spread the love ahead of our love-themed parade on Saturday. Join us over the Big Weekend, our stellar line-up includes Anastacia, All Saints, Conchita, Pixie Lott and Foxes, plus Jodie Harsh in the Gaydio Dance Arena.” The Big Weekend is predicted to be bigger than ever with more than 100,000 visitors expected to attend. easyJet will be boosting the numbers carrying more passengers into the city during Pride compared with last year. In the three days running up to the event, easyJet will be flying in over an estimated 10,000 passengers with many expected to be attending the Big Weekend. During the Bank Holiday weekend Manchester Airport is set to see 324,103 passengers come through the airport.As part of the Big Weekend, staff from easyJet and Manchester Airport will be taking to the streets on Saturday 23 August for the ‘Love’ themed parade which makes its way through Manchester City Centre from 1pm with a colourful and eye-catching float encouraging the thousands to celebrate with colour, fly orange!easyJet has 35 destinations on sale from Manchester Airport, including the LGBT community holiday hot spots of Mykonos, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Manchester Airport is home to 65 airlines, serving 200 plus destinations and has over 21 million passengers a year.ENDSContact detailsFor easyJet enquiries:For further information, please contact the easyJet Press Office on 01582 525252, log onto www.easyjet.com or follow @easyJet_Press For Manchester Airport enquiries:Seb Thompson, MAG Press Office – 0161 489 2705 / seb.thompson@manairport.co.ukNotes to editors:About easyJeteasyJet operates Europe's No. 1 air transport network with a leading presence on Europe's top 100 routes and at Europe's 50 largest airports.easyJet carries more than 63 million passengers annually, of which 12 million are travelling on business.  easyJet flies over 200 aircraft with more than 700 routes on sale across 32 countries and over 130 airports. More than 300 million Europeans live within one hour's drive of an easyJet airport, more than any other airline.The airline takes sustainability seriously. easyJet invests in the latest technology, operates efficiently and fills most of its seats which means that an easyJet passenger's carbon footprint is 22% less than a passenger on a traditional airline, flying the same aircraft on the same route.About Manchester AirportManchester Airport is the global gateway for the North of the UK and the largest airport outside London with over 200 destinations served by 65 airlines. Manchester Airport’s long-haul catchment area places around 24 million people and 60% of all UK businesses within a two-hour drive time – it extends north through the Lake District into Scotland; east across Yorkshire and the North East; south to Birmingham and the Midlands; and west into Merseyside and Wales.MAG serves over 43 million passengers and handles almost half a million tonnes of air freight every year through its ownership and operation of the airports of London Stansted, Manchester, East Midlands and Bournemouth airports.