Originally Posted by
Bbtengineer
MAN has a huge network.
Ryanair’s demands seem to be constraining connectivity and an outcome of that is a passenger can only book what’s visible in a GDS and that limits their ability to connect at MAN.
Look, Ryanair may not want to offer the connection, but that doesn’t mean a passenger wouldn’t want to use it.
It seems to me there is little the airport can do about O&D, the traffic is either there or it isn’t.
A big problem here is that a huge amount of connectivity is available that just isn’t advertised.
Is there anything the airport can do to encourage a GDS to offer the self connect?
Can they do anything else?
If the airport could both provide the connectivity more conveniently, and advertise it, then it wouldn’t matter nearly so much what Ryanair will pay for.
LGW i believe had a self connect website.