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Old 23rd Oct 2015, 16:43
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Originally Posted by Cityboy1875
I see kehoe moaning about manx getting china route he should be asking is team why bhx as not been able to secure a airline we keep hearing him going on about long haul routes do something about it and stop going on
I don't think that a Manx 146 or Viscount would have made it to Beijing!! (at least not in any reasonable time).

Seriously the basic tenor of your comment is a little unfair! BHX, under Kehoe's leadership has secured Air India (daily) - a carrier that Manchester has been unable to tempt (at least not yet) and under his watch has also won AA year round on JFK / BHX. Most long haul routes are subject to bilateral agreements, so take some time to come to fruition and it may well be that the route development team has another ace up their sleeves.

Politics paid a big part in the Hainan PEK/MAN route, but I think that even if it had not, then giving it's proximity to London (being 100 miles further away from London) MAN would always have been the favourite to win the prize.
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