Originally Posted by
BACsuperVC10
I've used the route since the Eastern Airways days on it, its never been that busy a service but handy to have. I have to say of late i've taken the train more, a combination of times don't suit me, fares too expensive compared to rail and ease of travelling from a local railway station. Battling through Manchester T3 in the morning, and being stuck on the M56 to get to the airport in the first place, is quite stressful too.
Could you not have used the train from the airport to avoid the M56? I used the SEN-MAN service a fair bit while that ran, always connecting to the train either to Piccadilly or onwards elsewhere across the north. Very smooth and easy journey.
The last time I used it the NWI flight was next to us and only had low single figures both in and out, so some flights must have been real loss-makers which the ERJ would exacerbate.