Originally Posted by
Navpi
Can't believe BHX turned them away. Its a a bit like a premiership team scouting a player for months who has expressed interest in joining only to end up joining a competitor, only for the original team to then suggest they never had any interest anyway.
Of course we don't know the facts. Perhaps Air China themselves decided that MAN fits better for them.
I am however somewhat sceptical that the airline would go to the trouble and expense of bringing in its own ground handling equipment for a 2 x weekly flight. It doesn't seem to make economic sense, but since they and all the other Chinese airlines are essentially government franchises I don't suppose economics are top of their priorities.
I looked at the Air China Cargo website this morning and can't see schedules for either BHX or MAN from CAN, but as its cargo there's still time.