They haven't placed an order yet for this 'A319' or was it an undisclosed order? This will show whether it is knee-jerk political move or a planned strategic entry after the bmi failure. How many seats will it have?
It spells the end of any further long haul development at MAN though as they will be trying to get feed. Why do the UK regions like Manchester, Birmingham, Belfast and Edinburgh, even Newcastle not attract direct long-haul (in terms of UK based scheduled airlines)
Last edited by Nakata77; 21st Aug 2012 at 07:33.