Former BBC reporter Bob Wylie contacted GMPTE on the day of Rangers' UEFA Cup semi-final to request a meeting.
He stayed two nights at the Macdonald Portal Hotel in Chester, 35 miles from the GMPTE's office.
Manchester Airport chairman, Councillor Bill Hinds described the announcement as wonderful news, saying: "We look forward to working with
GMPTE to develop our partnership in Metrolink.
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has told the Daily Post he could see ``a lot of sense'' in replacing Merseyside's passenger transport executive and its Manchester counterpart, theGreater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (
GMPTE).
Greater Manchester's equivalent,
GMPTE, is arranging for buses at depots in Wigan to observe the tribute.
A spokeman for
GMPTE admitted that the organisation had no power to force the bus companies to use the system.