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BD to Las Vegas
Looking at the fogures for this route so far, BD are hardly setting any records on this route! The average load appears to be around 150 passengers in each direction - surely they should be aiming a little higher for a route that has no LHR direct service?
Perhaps they were a little presumptious to announce that it would be a year round service...?
Perhaps they were a little presumptious to announce that it would be a year round service...?
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Terminal 1
Why does Manchester Airport treat the passengers who use Terminal One with such disregard?
I give you two examples:
On arrival at Terminal One last week, my flight gated at gate 15. This meant we were right at the end of a pier that resembled something straight out of the 1950s. Not only were there SIX flights of stairs to negotiate, not easy woth pushchairs and cabin baggage, not to mention a struggle for elderly passengers.
The caroet at the bottom of the staiors was sodden with what looked like a brown liquid, and the whole area smelt of vinegar. It really was disgusying. Both escalators leading to the immigration hall were out of order and when we arrived att he immigration desks, there was just ONE desk open to deal woth four flights: Budapest, Malaga, Alicante and Larnaca.
In the baggage hall there were no screens working to know which carousel to use, and once we had our liggage, there were no black cabs and so we ended up waiting over 25 minutes n a queue.
What time was this? No, not 3am but 3.30pm!!
Manchester, you really need to do better, because your performance at Terminal One is appalling and falls way below any other airport I have visited in the EU.
Anyone have any thoughts?
(I have written to teh airport but not had a reply yet.)
I give you two examples:
On arrival at Terminal One last week, my flight gated at gate 15. This meant we were right at the end of a pier that resembled something straight out of the 1950s. Not only were there SIX flights of stairs to negotiate, not easy woth pushchairs and cabin baggage, not to mention a struggle for elderly passengers.
The caroet at the bottom of the staiors was sodden with what looked like a brown liquid, and the whole area smelt of vinegar. It really was disgusying. Both escalators leading to the immigration hall were out of order and when we arrived att he immigration desks, there was just ONE desk open to deal woth four flights: Budapest, Malaga, Alicante and Larnaca.
In the baggage hall there were no screens working to know which carousel to use, and once we had our liggage, there were no black cabs and so we ended up waiting over 25 minutes n a queue.
What time was this? No, not 3am but 3.30pm!!
Manchester, you really need to do better, because your performance at Terminal One is appalling and falls way below any other airport I have visited in the EU.
Anyone have any thoughts?
(I have written to teh airport but not had a reply yet.)
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T1
Hi
Just come back myself Vuelo.Flew from 1 with TCX to Fuerteventura and I thought Terminal 1 was very good.No stairs and very quick.Well Done MAN airport!!!
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Michael
Just come back myself Vuelo.Flew from 1 with TCX to Fuerteventura and I thought Terminal 1 was very good.No stairs and very quick.Well Done MAN airport!!!
Thanks
Michael
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SkyEurope from Manchester
Has anyone tried to book these new flights on their website? I and a few friends have and it wont complete the transaction for any of us...so those 1p flights might not be as available as they might seem!
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vuelo,
This is a "Manchester Happenings" thread, not a "Slag off Manch" thread. You want to post "new" roooomoors/news, fine.
Slag off Manch...start a new thread....Good/Bad aka Sh!t happens
Merry Chrimbo
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This is a "Manchester Happenings" thread, not a "Slag off Manch" thread. You want to post "new" roooomoors/news, fine.
Slag off Manch...start a new thread....Good/Bad aka Sh!t happens
Merry Chrimbo
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Manchester Happenings c'est a dire what is happening at Manchester. So what Vuelo has writtten is perfectly valid as it is what he experienced at Manchester recently, therefore it 'happened'.
Noone said this thread was exclusively about half baked rumours, chiglet.
Noone said this thread was exclusively about half baked rumours, chiglet.
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Regarding the preparation of MAN for the A380, ScottieDog mentioned that
Air the air bridges in place for boarding and disembarking PAX in anything other than doors 1 and 2 (which are similarly placed to the 747 doors)? I wonder how long boarding would take without the benefit of access through the upper deck.
Can't wait to see more than 2 air bridges hooked up to an A380. Who will get them first?
There is space for at least 2 A380s - on Terminals 1 and 2.
Can't wait to see more than 2 air bridges hooked up to an A380. Who will get them first?
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Here's a Manchester Happening
The Airside General Manager and the Ops Planning Manager are both leaving. Not a rumour see last weeks Flight for the replacement's advert.
Last year the Safety Manager and 2 ODM's left. In fact there has been a steady drain across the Airport Company of experienced people for some while.
What impact this is having I don't know. If the same is happening in Landside then the levels of service are likely to take a knock.
With so many posters expressing their opinions on how the place should be run there'll be no shortage of applicants I guess!
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Last year the Safety Manager and 2 ODM's left. In fact there has been a steady drain across the Airport Company of experienced people for some while.
What impact this is having I don't know. If the same is happening in Landside then the levels of service are likely to take a knock.
With so many posters expressing their opinions on how the place should be run there'll be no shortage of applicants I guess!
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As the postings on here have contained some negative comments on Terminal one I think it is only fair to post a positive.
I arrived last night about 2200 hrs on the BMI Baby flight from Prague with my elderly mother (88).
WW had arranged for us to be met by a wheelchair, which was promptly waiting at the bottom of the stairs. We were wheeled though Immigration and to the baggage carousels fairly quickly.
By the time we arrived the bags where coming through and we had a quick throughput from landing to leaving the airport.
Our progress was not slow and the other passengers from the flight moved through quickly too.
The airport was busy, so thanks and well done to all concerned.
I arrived last night about 2200 hrs on the BMI Baby flight from Prague with my elderly mother (88).
WW had arranged for us to be met by a wheelchair, which was promptly waiting at the bottom of the stairs. We were wheeled though Immigration and to the baggage carousels fairly quickly.
By the time we arrived the bags where coming through and we had a quick throughput from landing to leaving the airport.
Our progress was not slow and the other passengers from the flight moved through quickly too.
The airport was busy, so thanks and well done to all concerned.
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Manchester Slots for Summer 2005
Can we assume that after all the rumours of EZY, CX, AI and extra serves from other carriers that none of them will indeed happen at MAN? And that it was just all a load of hype?
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BA to New York - aircraft refurbishment
Does anyone know the dates for the refurbishment of GBNWH (the aircraft used to ply the BA MAN - JFK route)?
I understood it to be in April, with a three weeks' B-747 stand-in. Anyone know?
I understood it to be in April, with a three weeks' B-747 stand-in. Anyone know?