Originally Posted by
OzzyOzBorn
The Transatlantic carriers have retrenched from the regions (and LGW) to LHR in order to protect their slot banks there until business rebuilds to approach and reliably sustain pre-pandemic levels. They have not left MAN due to dissatisfaction with the airport experience, and they enjoyed very healthy customer demand here too. That's why United Airlines looks good for a return once normality is restored to Transatlantic travel flows. Delta Air Lines would point out that their partnership with Virgin Atlantic represents their MAN presence (Virgin too have suspended a number of regional services including some from MAN to concentrate on safeguarding LHR slots). Oneworld is now represented at MAN by the new Aer Lingus Transatlantic base ... this has allowed American Airlines to likewise concentrate on protecting high-value slot assets at LHR. As for up-and-coming US carriers ... they're already known to be checking out the proposition offered by MAN. Watch this space?
It is a little bit naughty to conflate your personal distaste for MAN with a suggestion that all US carriers have exited MAN during the biggest pandemic in the history of the industry because they have an issue with the airport's passenger experience!
United have increased the amount of flights from LHR this year. Are you saying that they'd now rather protect somebody else's slots than fly out of MAN? They also seem to have found enough demand and resources for an even bigger schedule out of EDI and DUB and have even returned to little old Shannon. But yes, they're just recovering from Covid, you must be right. Aer Lingus are trying to plug a gap left by Thomas Cook and their loads have been dire.
The only person cheerleading here is you. The whole place is a dump and not fit for purpose, just accept it.