Originally Posted by
Skipness One Foxtrot
If the handlers are willing what's the reason for the refusal? ATC are there anyway, airfield ops shouldn't reallly be required, so genuine question, what's the pain point? Previously it was lack of stands, they're not maxxed out so far as I know?
A fair question Skip, but we don't know for sure whether any of the handlers were prepared to accept diversions, even the self-handling Jet2. One would like to think there is proper liaison with the handling agents before such a decision is taken, but inevitably, as MAN seems to have acquired something of a reputation as 'the airport that likes to say no', questions will be raised as to whether it's simply the airport itself for whatever reason that has decided on the 'no diversions' notam. My guess would be that significant staff shortages all round is the likely explanation.