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Old 16th Jun 2017, 10:16
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SEN-MAN 17x weekly flights from 29 October with Flybe/Stobart Air
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Old 16th Jun 2017, 13:46
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Originally Posted by 750XL
staff car parks, which are now also full....
Staff East, wait for the bus to arrive from the Terminal then slowly drive after someone who had got off ready to pounce on the parking space they vacate.
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Old 16th Jun 2017, 15:54
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After one flight delay company named MAN the 3rd worst in the world, a different flight compensation company has rated MAN the second best UK airport after NCL:

Luton voted nation?s least favourite airport, Newcastle tops poll - Luton Today

Just shows its all about personal preference.
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Old 16th Jun 2017, 16:32
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New Southend flight schedules:

BE6230 SEN 0640 MAN 0745
BE6231 MAN 0845 SEN 0945

BE6236 SEN 1440 MAN 1550
BE6237 MAN 1700 SEN 1810

BE6238 SEN 1835 MAN 1940
BE6239 MAN 2040 SEN 2150

Mon-Fri

Schedule varies over the weekend based on the month.
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Old 16th Jun 2017, 20:13
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SEN/MAN would seem to me like the most random of routes, BA axed LGW/MAN, Little Red LHR/MAN, easyJet LTN/LPL as a reasonably comparable route, eastern and BA Express STN/MAN and now Stobart see this as a viable route...

...are there no other points across water in near Europe that could work instead? E.g. Ostend etc.?
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Old 16th Jun 2017, 20:18
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I find it crazy that we are back in a situation that we have 3 London destinations back at Manchester, long after people thought the improved West Coast railway would kill the route off.
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Old 17th Jun 2017, 06:58
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You have to bear in mind that Southend is nowhere near London and particularly not near its main airports
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Old 17th Jun 2017, 07:50
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Originally Posted by GavinC
You have to bear in mind that Southend is nowhere near London and particularly not near its main airports
It's also no further away than LTN or STN.
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Old 17th Jun 2017, 08:14
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It may be very useful as a WAG transport between Brentwood and Mobberley.

Oh and quite few SME enterprises that actually make things have bases in the North West, Essex and the East End.

Know quite a large number of construction and ancillary trades personally that commute between Essex and North West regularly

Further currently the City will be one direct train ride away/Certainly quicker than via Slough Windsor and Hounslow Regional.
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Old 17th Jun 2017, 08:15
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MEN reporting that security queues at T1 were out of the door to the Terminal last night. Images show extremely long queues
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Old 17th Jun 2017, 08:16
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Originally Posted by fatmed
It's also no further away than LTN or STN.
But both of those are much closer to Manchester and have a bigger range of services.

Southend serves Essex not London.
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Old 17th Jun 2017, 11:19
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Originally Posted by GavinC
But both of those are much closer to Manchester and have a bigger range of services.

Southend serves Essex not London.
Luton and Stansted offer virtually nothing to the potential traveller leisure or business, that can't be done effectively and at similar cost none stop from Manchester.

Southend without doubt serves Essex and again as previously pointed out - the Eastern industrial areas of the capital quite nicely.

Dagenham, Thurrock Basildon are heaving with SMEs that make and sell real things into the heated London economy, and many have their manufacturing in the North West .

There ARE real and tangible business opportunities if marketed correctly
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Old 17th Jun 2017, 11:37
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And don't forget Essex originating traffic that may want to transfer to other flights at MAN...
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Old 17th Jun 2017, 12:33
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Southend to Liverpool Street is about 50 mins on the train with a regular service and just a few minutes from Aircraft to Platform.

Liverpool is in the heart of the Business district of the City.
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Old 17th Jun 2017, 14:30
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Southend to Liverpool Street is about 50 mins on the train with a regular service and just a few minutes from Aircraft to Platform.
But why would you bother Wigan to Euston on the train is 2 hrs much faster (and cheaper if you book early) than travelling to the airport, security, wait, fly and then a 50 min train journey
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Old 17th Jun 2017, 15:25
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Will work for me perfectly to get to the east side of London and my head office. At the moment its down on Virgin train to Euston and then trek over on various tubes to Stratford. Now I can fly to SEN, earning my avios points, and one train straight from the airport to Stratford. Excellent news, so hope the service will work, the times are perfect
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Old 17th Jun 2017, 16:12
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Now I can fly to SEN, earning my avios points, and one train straight from the airport to Stratford. Excellent news, so hope the service will work, the times are perfect
According to the flyBe website you can spend and part-pay with Avios, but not earn them on Stobart Air operated flights. Seems daft to me, but thats what they are saying.
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Old 17th Jun 2017, 19:46
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Wamos 744 currently (2045L) over the UK south coast on it's way to MAN with a TCX callsign

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Old 17th Jun 2017, 19:57
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Southend to Liverpool Street is about 50 mins on the train with a regular service and just a few minutes from Aircraft to Platform.
But why would you bother Wigan to Euston on the train is 2 hrs much faster (and cheaper if you book early) than travelling to the airport, security, wait, fly and then a 50 min train journey
Never underestimate how long it takes to get around London. If you're doing Manchester centre to London centre, then yes, the train is fine and a better option. Anywhere else around the conurbation it's better to take a flight to an airport nearby. So MAN-SEN can make as much sense as MAN-LHR.
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Wamos 744 currently (2045L) over the UK south coast on it's way to MAN with a TCX callsign
Been at MAN for a few days ops for TCX as something has broken somewhere. It has done a couple of trips across the pond for them.
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