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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Sep 2017, 17:42
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

They might as well close 23L and turn that into a...

They might as well close 23L and turn that into a carpark as it hardly fulfills much of it's potential as second runway anyway!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Sep 2017, 17:41
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Ok, so no Airlines putting tens of millions of...

Ok, so no Airlines putting tens of millions of pax through Manchester airport each year and all those shops will make no money, they will make no money from their car parks etc etc etc.

Why not...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Sep 2017, 14:55
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

STAFF EAST WHAT A JOKE. Perhaps the...

STAFF EAST WHAT A JOKE.

Perhaps the Manchester airport management might like to take a few minutes away from counting their money and come and have a look at the queues to get out of STAFF EAST.
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Jun 2017, 12:33
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Southend to Liverpool Street is about 50 mins on...

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.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Jun 2017, 13:46
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Staff East, wait for the bus to arrive from the...

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.:ok:
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Feb 2017, 20:06
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

A quick look at the timetable shows 32 departures...

A quick look at the timetable shows 32 departures per day most days of the week in the peak season. A Palma based aircraft will be operating Palma Manch Palma every day and doing two Palma Manch...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Feb 2017, 19:53
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Talking of rail services I can not understand why...

Talking of rail services I can not understand why train services from the Crewe direction are so appalling, just one slow stopping service per hour.

Throughout the day 67 trains travel between...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Feb 2017, 19:35
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Do direct flights ever operate to Ljubljana, an...

Do direct flights ever operate to Ljubljana, an absolutely beautiful city in a beautiful country, well worth a city break or longer stay?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Feb 2017, 15:39
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Each to their own I guess. I personally felt it...

Each to their own I guess. I personally felt it was not particularly nice and one of the few places where I always felt a little uncomfortable when visiting whilst working for a freight operator with...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Feb 2017, 08:44
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Perhaps because corrupt Nigerians like to spend...

Perhaps because corrupt Nigerians like to spend their money on Oxford Street rather than in the Arndale centre.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Feb 2017, 08:29
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Sirhumphrynorth wrote He has shown some...

Sirhumphrynorth wrote

He has shown some interest in the largest airline based at Manchester

Minister for Aviation visits Jet2.com | Jet2.com...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Feb 2017, 08:21
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Chaps1954 wrote I was saying that with...

Chaps1954 wrote


I was saying that with the nature of Casablanca and fact that it is a commercial and not tourist destination it is only natural that Royal Air Morocco would see London as the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Feb 2017, 11:04
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Casablanca It is the financial capital of...

Casablanca

It is the financial capital of Morocco, you would not really want to visit other than on business and I do not believe that the North of the UK has a large Morocon ex pat population so...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Jan 2017, 07:44
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Based in Europe, living in the UK, done that so I...

Based in Europe, living in the UK, done that so I do not need you to lecture me about commuting.

I would suggest that you are perhaps the one talking ******** if you do not feel that minimum rest,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Jan 2017, 21:40
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

My point was that I am employed by a Company who...

My point was that I am employed by a Company who are a CUSTOMER of Manchester airport.

Just out of interest, who gets to park in the car park right next to T2, are those places taken up by...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Jan 2017, 17:51
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

New staff parking, Staff East opening on the 1st...

New staff parking, Staff East opening on the 1st April on what is currently Jet Parks Plus off Styal Road.

If your main base is Terminal 2, The Station, Voyager or 4M you will continue to park in...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Oct 2016, 06:55
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

After the terminal development has been completed...

After the terminal development has been completed it will be a ton of taxi fuel instead of 600kg as the queue to cross 23R and at the 23L threshold will be even longer at 7am in the morning.
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Sep 2016, 16:38
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

You need to ask the people who designed the...

You need to ask the people who designed the procedures, no doubt they looked at all the conflicting airspace, SID's and STAR's before they came up with their master plan.

From a pilots perspective...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Sep 2016, 07:59
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Indeed, it is an another example of doing things...

Indeed, it is an another example of doing things on the cheap without looking at the long term view.

However with the use of multiple units it is not a major issue. The driver can walk from one...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Sep 2016, 20:53
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

The train service from the South is appalling,...

The train service from the South is appalling, could some cross county services from Birmingham or South Wales via Crewe be diverted on the way to Manchester Piccadilly? At the moment only the local...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Sep 2016, 07:04
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

The British are still shy of Turkey, Spain and...

The British are still shy of Turkey, Spain and the Canaries are full so a move to the USA is a natural development of the holiday market.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Sep 2016, 11:24
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Selling the under floor space to DHL?

Selling the under floor space to DHL?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Sep 2016, 17:36
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

It will be 40 minutes pre check in and 20 mins...

It will be 40 minutes pre check in and 20 mins from check out added onto your day from that car park.

I must remind myself how to complete a fatigue report!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Sep 2016, 15:14
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

New Staff parking is going to be adjacent to the...

New Staff parking is going to be adjacent to the Altrincham Wilmslow road I have been led to believe. I think the car park has recently been constructed.

Remote staff parking at Urmston is a bit...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Sep 2016, 06:10
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Because everything is done as cheaply as...

Because everything is done as cheaply as possible.

Terminal one staff entrance has one security lane. At busy times in the morning it takes for ever so I always make sure I am last on the bus from...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Mar 2016, 10:21
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

Do they not have an in flight performance section...

Do they not have an in flight performance section in the QRH on the A380?

A quick look at that would surely have told them that they could land at Manchester.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Mar 2016, 18:56
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

A 2nd runway that is far enough from the 1st to...

A 2nd runway that is far enough from the 1st to allow proper duel runway opps and that did not involve crossing the landing runway to reach would be nice:ok:

DHL will never have a requirement to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Mar 2016, 11:55
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

https://youtu.be/eV6Zko9tdsI This video...

https://youtu.be/eV6Zko9tdsI

This video shows de icing at Leipzig, an aerodrome I am very familiar with. It would take two rigs about 5 mins to de ice a 757, and ten to ant ice as well.
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Mar 2016, 06:50
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

One de ice truck for any aircraft in falling snow...

One de ice truck for any aircraft in falling snow is stupid.

De ice trucks that have technical problems is not good enough.

De ice truck that runs out of fuel whilst de icing an aircraft is...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Feb 2016, 22:09
Replies: 8,557
Views: 4,014,134
Posted By Council Van

LAXLHR Use to regularly pax STN LEJ, was...

LAXLHR

Use to regularly pax STN LEJ, was full of Germans who had been visiting London, a few German business men, a few English business men and the odd DHL flight deck and engineer, Leipzig is a...
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