And 67 pax outbound, whilst undoubtedly well short of break even, marks a very encouraging jump for the FlyNas service. Maybe the message is getting out at last.
Quoting somebody who always talks some good sense on here and on this occasion on another forum !
What made FlyNas choose Manchester ? They had 200+ major airports across Europe and they chose us, am I missing something, does that not deserve a bit of support ?
Given the catchment area in terms of demographics this market re Hajj, Makkah etc could be huge !
Surely its not difficult to promote a "destination" rather than being seen to promote one airline over another if that is their concern ?
It's MAG / Manchester that has the regional knowledge to promote ALL these routes from here.
They know where the major media outlets in the NWest, NWales, Potteries and South Yorkshire are, local Radio stations / regional newspapers etc and if they don't somebody needs a p45 !
Widening the remit they must have contacts groups for influential gamechangers such as Business, Civic Leaders, Community/Religous Leaders , Tourism Chiefs etc
....AND in reverse they MUST surely have the nous to seek out similar organisations in the Countries of origin of these flights !
Sorry I simply do not get this narrow minded "Tell The M.E.N. " er job done attitude because that is where route announcements start and indeed invariably stop !
They still seem to be using a
PR model from 30 years ago, good God its 2014 !
As was quoted by another poster BA/AA have a massive number of flights from LHR, in the face of overwhelming competition MAN really does have to fight its corner.
The country is hypnotised by the London Centricism of Westminster, nobody is going to help "The North" apart from "The North" so it really is about time somebody got stuck in, and Man Airport as a major conduit to business and tourism inward and outward, AND with these "opportunities" is in pole position to lead that charge .............