Remote parking and airbridges
The paragraph below from the Manchester Fees and Charges is relevant to the discussion about remote stands.
1.4 Aircraft Parking on Remote Stands
Where passengers are transported by bus to an Aircraft parked on a stand that is identified as a Remote Stand (because the passengers are unable to walk to the Aircraft from the terminal) a reduction of £0.75 per departing passenger will be applied to the applicable PFC. The reduction will only be
available for Aircraft scheduled to depart between 07:00 and 11:59 (local times).
Flights that have diverted into the Airport are not entitled to this reduction.
The allocation of aircraft to Remote Stands will follow the stand allocation rules as agreed through the Airline Operators Committee (AOC). Airlines requesting to park on Remote Stands when contact stands are available will
not qualify for the reduction.
For the avoidance of doubt, Airlines are not required to contract their own airside bussing arrangements for remote parked operations in the period 07:00 to 11:59 (local times).
PFC (Passenger Facilities Charge) is payable per departing passenger
I cannot find any separate charge in the document for the use of airbridges - don't think MAN have ever made a charge for these.
pobox and aircraft operations are quite correct that bussing inbound Eire passengers is related to the fact that these passengers must NOT be presented at the UK Border inspection area and any alternative route would involve walking some distance in the airside area with safety and security implications.
Suzeman