Just going back to lobby groups there is one voice which has achieved a modicum of success re Manchester and that is IPPR (North) and guy called
Ed Cox.
Ed Cox > Director, IPPR North :: IPPR
For anybody interested this is his bio.
Quite why on earth MAG have not co-opted him on to speak on behalf of Manchester is a complete mystery.
He lives in Manchester and is a polished media performer with an excellent grasp of issues "In the North" and more importantly Manchester Airport, most importantly he is well connected within the BBC, Newspaper industry etc
It would seem an ideal fit !
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And yes good to see the airport marketing machine seems to have swung into action
Much improved website and hopefully some partnered adverting with airlines using MAN.
Having lost out with Stansted "maybe" account management are refocusing on MAN ?
Another "esteemed" forum is indicating good loads on Egyptair, must confess trawling the ticket portals Egyptair are appear at a high frequency offering cheap connections via Cairo !