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Scottie dog,
No, I think the Travel inn / lodge is next to the cargo centre/motorway junction, opposite the new catering warehouse, according to the billboard adjacent to the site.
The area I mean is right next to the multi storey car park on T2 landside.
cheers
with regard to the 737 drive through stands. its about time this area was used for something useful, it has been used most recently for baggage trolley storage !! A line of Jet2 tails seems far more profitable.
No, I think the Travel inn / lodge is next to the cargo centre/motorway junction, opposite the new catering warehouse, according to the billboard adjacent to the site.
The area I mean is right next to the multi storey car park on T2 landside.
cheers
with regard to the 737 drive through stands. its about time this area was used for something useful, it has been used most recently for baggage trolley storage !! A line of Jet2 tails seems far more profitable.
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Area next to T2 just being tarmaced to provide xtra short stay spaces, nothin 2 get excited about! Work to extend T1 arrivals will take 18 months, but will be able to cope with domestic arrivals 4 jet2, bmibaby, Aer Arran, EU Jet, Flybe, etc by end of may
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Re: South Africa
My source at the airport - usually very reliable, and not given to talking rubbish - says that the reports of problems with the Dft are a load of old cobblers!!
South African Airways are no doubt on the airport's hit list, but I think that is as far as it goes at the moment.
South African Airways are no doubt on the airport's hit list, but I think that is as far as it goes at the moment.
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There has been a lot of talk as to how busy Manchester is likely to be this summer. After a bit of research I have produced the following chart which might be of interest.
I have taken a random date - and retained it for each month of the main summer season - the week containing the 20th of the respective month. The chart is then broken into hourly periods when there are NIL arrival slots, followed by those when there are less than 4 slots in an hour. This is then repeated for departures. A ‘*’ indicates that there are 4 or more slots available on a day - Monday is taken as the first day of the week.
For an example in the week of 20th July decode is as follows:
Arrivals (0 slots) - Mon = 4 hours with 0 slots, Tue = 2 hours with 0 slots, Wed = 3 hours with 0 slots, etc
Arrivals (1-3 slots) - Mon = 2 hours with 1-3 slots, Tue = 4 hours with 1-3 slots, Wed = 3 hurs with 1-3 hours
This means there that on a Monday there are a total of 6 hours during which there are 3 or less slots available and this increases to 7 hours on a Thursday. These slot restrains are during the period 0500-2100hrs Zulu. I seems as if a maximum number of movements of 60 per hour can be expected (arrivals and departures combined), with upto 37 departures in an hour and slightly less arrivals.
======= Arrivals 0 Slots======Arrivals 1-3 Slots
20-Apr== * * 1 1 * * * ====== 1 1 * 1 1 * 1
20-May== * 1 1 1 2 1 * ====== 3 2 4 4 1 1 2
20-Jun===1 1 1 1 1 2 * ====== 6 4 4 4 3 1 3
20-Jul=== 4 2 3 2 3 1 * ====== 2 4 3 5 1 3 2
20-Aug== 3 2 3 2 4 3 * ====== 5 4 3 5 2 * 3
20-Sep== 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 ====== 4 3 3 5 3 1 3
======= Departures 0 Slots===Departures 1-3 Slots
20-Apr== * * * 1 * * * ====== * 2 * * 1 * *
20-May==* 1 1 1 1 * * ====== 2 1 3 3 4 3 *
20-Jun== * 1 2 1 1 3 * ====== 4 4 3 4 6 2 2
20-Jul===4 2 2 2 3 2 * ====== * 4 4 5 3 3 *
20-Aug== 3 3 2 2 4 5 * ====== 2 2 3 4 3 1 2
20-Sep== 3 3 2 2 3 2 * ====== 2 2 4 5 4 3 2
I hope the above is both self explanatory and of interest. My apologies for the fact that the chart is not very well balanced - I have had problems with the layout!
I have taken a random date - and retained it for each month of the main summer season - the week containing the 20th of the respective month. The chart is then broken into hourly periods when there are NIL arrival slots, followed by those when there are less than 4 slots in an hour. This is then repeated for departures. A ‘*’ indicates that there are 4 or more slots available on a day - Monday is taken as the first day of the week.
For an example in the week of 20th July decode is as follows:
Arrivals (0 slots) - Mon = 4 hours with 0 slots, Tue = 2 hours with 0 slots, Wed = 3 hours with 0 slots, etc
Arrivals (1-3 slots) - Mon = 2 hours with 1-3 slots, Tue = 4 hours with 1-3 slots, Wed = 3 hurs with 1-3 hours
This means there that on a Monday there are a total of 6 hours during which there are 3 or less slots available and this increases to 7 hours on a Thursday. These slot restrains are during the period 0500-2100hrs Zulu. I seems as if a maximum number of movements of 60 per hour can be expected (arrivals and departures combined), with upto 37 departures in an hour and slightly less arrivals.
======= Arrivals 0 Slots======Arrivals 1-3 Slots
20-Apr== * * 1 1 * * * ====== 1 1 * 1 1 * 1
20-May== * 1 1 1 2 1 * ====== 3 2 4 4 1 1 2
20-Jun===1 1 1 1 1 2 * ====== 6 4 4 4 3 1 3
20-Jul=== 4 2 3 2 3 1 * ====== 2 4 3 5 1 3 2
20-Aug== 3 2 3 2 4 3 * ====== 5 4 3 5 2 * 3
20-Sep== 4 4 3 2 3 2 2 ====== 4 3 3 5 3 1 3
======= Departures 0 Slots===Departures 1-3 Slots
20-Apr== * * * 1 * * * ====== * 2 * * 1 * *
20-May==* 1 1 1 1 * * ====== 2 1 3 3 4 3 *
20-Jun== * 1 2 1 1 3 * ====== 4 4 3 4 6 2 2
20-Jul===4 2 2 2 3 2 * ====== * 4 4 5 3 3 *
20-Aug== 3 3 2 2 4 5 * ====== 2 2 3 4 3 1 2
20-Sep== 3 3 2 2 3 2 * ====== 2 2 4 5 4 3 2
I hope the above is both self explanatory and of interest. My apologies for the fact that the chart is not very well balanced - I have had problems with the layout!
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I hope its been confirmed! lol
Been working there for about 4/5 weeks now. Its two park and go stands for 737/A320 max
EGCC4284 - I\'ve heard the easyJet rumour a few times, nothing thats stuck though. You work on the ramp? Who for? I work out there too.
Mark
Been working there for about 4/5 weeks now. Its two park and go stands for 737/A320 max
EGCC4284 - I\'ve heard the easyJet rumour a few times, nothing thats stuck though. You work on the ramp? Who for? I work out there too.
Mark
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was talking to someone from thomascook the other day and "rumour" has it that TCX are going to hand back there A330 when the lease is up and are looking at getting B767 how true this is only time will tell.
and on a CX note a date of 7th july has been penciled in for flights to start the european manager of CX was at manchester 2 weeks ago looking at T3 and also around T2
rampman
and on a CX note a date of 7th july has been penciled in for flights to start the european manager of CX was at manchester 2 weeks ago looking at T3 and also around T2
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With reference to dwlpl's message dated March 29th ...
dwlpl ... I am puzzled by your message stating that GB Airways has cancelled it's Winter 2005/6 schedules from Manchester to Lanzarote and Las Palmas. To the best of my knowledge, the company has never announced any intention to operate these routes in the first place. Having trawled through their press releases, I can find references to Tenerife, Paphos and Funchal featuring in the Winter programme, but only as passing remarks in discussing other matters. Indeed, I have not seen any reference to GB Airways having announced their Winter programme at all, let alone proposals to drop routes which they have never announced or put on sale.
This is not intended as a personal criticism of you in any way, I am simply interested to know if GB have actually published a Winter programme and where the details are reported. Please advise if you can clarify your comments.
Thanks and best regards.
dwlpl ... I am puzzled by your message stating that GB Airways has cancelled it's Winter 2005/6 schedules from Manchester to Lanzarote and Las Palmas. To the best of my knowledge, the company has never announced any intention to operate these routes in the first place. Having trawled through their press releases, I can find references to Tenerife, Paphos and Funchal featuring in the Winter programme, but only as passing remarks in discussing other matters. Indeed, I have not seen any reference to GB Airways having announced their Winter programme at all, let alone proposals to drop routes which they have never announced or put on sale.
This is not intended as a personal criticism of you in any way, I am simply interested to know if GB have actually published a Winter programme and where the details are reported. Please advise if you can clarify your comments.
Thanks and best regards.
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Must spring to the defence of dwlpl! I first heard about these "new" routes on 23rd March when I noticed that they had been chopped - I've subsequently had it verified that the routes had been launched but would not have started upon the start of the winter timetable.
The provisional programme I've seen shows 2 weekly to Malta and Funchal, 3 weekly to Tenerife and 5 weekly to Malaga. Dubrovnik not operating this winter and Paphos operations aren't yet known.
The provisional programme I've seen shows 2 weekly to Malta and Funchal, 3 weekly to Tenerife and 5 weekly to Malaga. Dubrovnik not operating this winter and Paphos operations aren't yet known.