Originally Posted by
Bbtengineer
You mean the principle is there and the airport doesn’t have to just accept “Hardly anybody will be doing connections between T3 & T2. T3 will be Ryanair and they don't connect with anybody - including themselves. “
There must be other airports in a similar position.
It can’t be beyond the whit of man to pull together a consortium and spend a few million each on creating and promoting a service.
Or can it?
Why do you actually want connections over Manchester in any numbers especially international to international. Why import others Carbon emissions?
Manchester does not have a based network carrier of any significance (closest is Aer Lingus and they do offer connections off of Belfast today)
Self connect at your own risk , however can you suggest from where to where?
The potential domestic feed and network has been devastated since the Flybe collapse without any sign of a replacement anytime soon.
Fact is Manchester is primarily a super spoke and a massive one for all three alliances today - To Europe, Northern Africa including Egypt and Ethiopia Middle East and selected Asian markets.
The US prime entry points of New York and Atlanta ( and limited Houston) and Canada - All these take traffic from the region to the leading hubs in vast numbers ( without the need for feed into Manchester today )
And then you have the flexible fares carriers serving European and select North African markets all again with generally local traffic - whilst some might self connect from Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man it’s not in significant numbers to justify expensive and dedicated facilities imho.