Manston Brussels
Of all the routes in the World this seems the most ludicrous to me. OK so Ashford is restricting services via Eurostar, but you can still jump on a train from Ebbsfleet or a ferry from Dover or Eurotunnel from Folkestone. Are there really so many people let down by Eurostar in the Ashford area to warrant even considering this as a serious plan (Lydd just maybe but even then!!!!)? You will still be able to take the Eurostar from Ashford to Lille and change to the TGV services to Belgium/France and Germany, so just what the advantage of traveling from Ashford to Manston to catch a flight to Brussels would be (there wouldn't be more than a couple of flights a day) I am not sure. In fact by the time you have driven to Manston and arrived an hour early for a flight you may just as well have taken the Eurostar to Lille and changed trains? If this is Infratils level of marketing strategy then God help them!