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Old 22nd Nov 2006, 15:23
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Mr A Tis
 
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If MAG think the pax will put up with this situation, in the long term they are completely wrong. No wonder the other regional airports continue to chip away at MAN traffic. They gave away EZY to Liverpool & now Liverpool are about to embark on their first regular longhaul flights.
Previous posters from the Duty Free shop in T1 claim this year has been dire due to the inadequate security situation.
I suppose if they can get the walkways working & the train station escaltors working for more than 24 hours then maybe that would be a positive.
I've used MAN for in excess of 30 years, it was always ahead of the game & I regard the "Golden" era to be when Sir Gil ran the show.
Alas the purchase of other airports seems to co-incide with starvation of funds at the main base.
It's really sad to see a wonderful regional airport creaking at the seems.
Barcelona has a great terminal, built for the Olympics in the 80's...but have you seen the huge scale of re-development taking place there now ?...truly awesome.
Meanwhile, it can take 3 months to change a bulb here.
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