........the management may be forgiven for wondering if they might have spent a little more time and effort tub thumping the case for the ‘home’ airport at Manchester, which already has two runways, oodles of spare capacity and the sort of traffic mix that many other airport operators can only dream of !
.............the Commission failed to honour its own remit of taking a “UK-wide perspective,” and “focusing disproportionately on the southeast, further entrenching the dominance of the southeast economy to the detriment of the growth of the rest of the UK.
Where exactly are the capacity constraints at Ringway?! There's nothing there for Davies to look at. Ditto Stansted and Elmdon.
Bear in mind that Ringway, unlike Heathrow,
has already doubled its rwy capacity.
The only constraints at Ringway (apart from one or two restrictive bi-laterals) is a belief that carriers can't make sufficient money there. Persuading them otherwise is not the job of the Commission.
The Commission has, rightly, concentrated on the part of the UK that has severe rwy capacity problems. All it needs to do now is recommend 2 more rwys at Heathrow and its "job done".
I wonder if anyone has been able to book on Air Canada Rouge short season flight?
I've tried. Booking direct with AC website, shows flights available-but rejects payment.
Going via agents like expedia, ebookers, STA etc only route me via LHR, CDG or BRU & when specifically asked for flights from MAN with AC, shows as no flights available - which of course is incorrect.
Thanks for your advice, guess what, Ive already tried your approach thanks.
I've tried the human approach - routed to a call centre, On a noisy dreadful line, I would guess in India. Who offered to book for me- but with fares £400 more than the on line fare. In the end I have given up & will not be booking on Rouge. Its 100% hopeless.
In these circumstances it's best to do it the old-fashioned way: use the services of a specialist travel agent.