DUB growing as TATL hub 19 daily flights this summer to North America
MAN should aim for pre clearance ? For USA bound pax both UK and others ?
MAN might need to up their game a tad ?
How exactly can MAN up its game against DUB?
Pre-Clearance is a government thing. MAN can lobby but has no authority to implement on its own.
DUB also has the advantage of being the capital with a home based airline.
For a UK regional with no home based flag carrier, I think MAN gives DUB more than a run for its money.
MAN has more passengers overall, and has up to 14 daily flights to North America (not including charter and Im assuming by North America you mean USA/Canada) so only 5 behind DUB despite its advantages.
In terms of MEB3, Emirates interested in putting on 2nd A380, I have on good authority Etihad will go 3 daily next winter, Turkish is 2 daily and has applied for slots on a 3rd daily IST as well as a press release stating that they will serve MAN-DLM, Qatar still at 10 weekly but I suspect EDI may have got the 4 weekly flights we could have had to get back to 2 daily. MAN also has Singapore airlines daily, Egyptair 5 weekly, NAS air 2 weekly and Saudia 3 weekly going east.....