Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
MAN benefits hugely from economies of scale. If there is a flight from anywhere else in the north of England (Britain?), and a similar one from MAN, you know which one is most likely to get cancelled. MAN also benefits from its big cusomer base of airlines, where ad hoc flights tend to go where there are pre-existing relationships - the various delivery flights over the years being the most eye-catching examples.
Well i was actually going to say it's usually the Manchester flight but I'm sure you actually mean a service into Birmingham, EMA, LBA or Liverpool. 😁
On a theme the Liverpool route development are doing some excellent work, who could possibly have conceived of Lufthansa starting over there given the excellent network and indeed long standing relationship with Manchester.
When one of your largest customers pitches up 20 miles away albeit 4 days a week it's still a bit of an eye roll moment.
Economies of scale fell flat with that one.