Good new with Etihad. Just hope they continue to expand at MAN although have seen a couple of A330's recently rather than the scheduled 777 for both flights.
Also Air China have managed to secure 2nd daily LHR flights. Does this mean MAN is off the cards? Not sure where the slots have come from:
Air China Adds 2nd Daily London Heathrow Service from late-Oct 2014 | Airline Route
Also seems it is that time of year again when aircraft have tech problems:
TOM - 2 aircraft down for Manchester base. G-TUIE engine failure yesterday and therefore diverted to Lajes and so will need an engine change.
Incident: Thomson B788 over Atlantic on Aug 5th 2014, engine shut down in flight
G-OBYH short haul 767 operated TOM122 to Sanford but due to crew hours will be delayed until Thursday so Thomson will be 2 planes down for Wednesday flights. 1 787/1 767. May need extra capacity. Also may see something interesting to take spare engine to Lajes??
MON - G-SMAN A330 out of service since Monday and G-EOMA positioned yesterday to operate TFS flight so 2 MON A330 at MAN now.