Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
You're confusing two things here - from a North East perspective, any reduction in LHR's position as a global hub is more likely to benefit AMS/DXB/CDG rather than MAN. MAN doesn't have the range/frequency of services.
One of the stated aims of the NP is to have a major global gateway. No one is pretending that MAN would ever match LHR. That is clearly not possible.
Appreciate that NCL relies to some degree on LHR, but it may also rely upon AMS, FRA, CDG (no misunderstanding on my part that MAN is compatible to these, it isn't).
Either way, the important thing is that the North East has access (via any major abiation hub).