Originally Posted by
Suzeman
See post 2196 posted some while ago for an explanation of the relevance to UK regional airports.
I think it would have been helpful if the explanation given in post 2198 had been included in the original post, which could have been interpreted as a MAN put-down, (something not unknown in the past), given MAN isn't the only non-London airport striving to win routes to China.
Be that as it may, it is indeed disappointing that there has been so little action since the extra slots for UK regional airports to China were granted. (Are the new EDI/DUB flights part of that?). Although HU have applied for slots from MAN to Guangzhou, there's no indication of anything happening anytime soon. And would that be the right route anyway bearing in mind PEK was only 4 x weekly this summer compared to daily for a period in 2017? As for rights held by Air China for MAN-PVG, goodness knows what the situation is there - politics over getting slots at Shanghai, simply a blocking ploy by Air China? Anyone got an update?