Manchester Happenings (Merged)

[MancRy]

I too have heard some negative comments about EK and one of them was the hard seats. From the pictures i have seen, they do look quite hard.

[bozzy]

i think because of all the hype around emirates, that i was expecting something fantastic. I dont know what just was. I would recommend emirates and think they are an ok airline, but nothing special. The crew are lovely, entertainment good, but the seats were rock hard and very uncomfy, especially for a flight to dubai and i wouldnt like to fly onwards from dubai, it would kill my back and im only 21. i much preferred ba, very comfy seats and excellent service, they surpassed my expectations of them, emirates didnt sorry. But i have heard excellent reports on qatar.

mancRy, i will need to understand all the codes soon, i think my sister will help me, she is a travel agent too. Why dont you phone virgin and ask about the system.


P.s. i do however think dubai airport is fantastic and is probably the best i have been to.

[MancRy]

Does she work for a rival of ours?
A mate of mine once went to BKK via DXB with EK and he harped on about it all the time afterwards. EK do have alot of hype surrounding them but so do Virgin and i will have to reserve judgement until next weekend.

Bozzy....here we go...a GB crash course for codes. hehe

LPA Las Palmas
ACE Arrecife
TFS Tenerife
MLA Malta
PFO Paphos
AGP Malaga
DBV Dubrovnik (i think)
and christ knows what Marrakesh is.

[bozzy]

ha ha i better learn them quick!!!

my sister works for co op travel, shes been there for 8 years i think.

i have pm you on cabin crew.

[MancRy]

cheers. Ahh travel must be in the Bozzy familys blood then.

[bozzy]

yeah it must be!! all my family can think of is cheap flights with ba.

[chiglet]

The Emirates has been a B773 for a while now...yesterdays' load was nearly 400pax and 21tonnes freight
watp,iktch

[bozzy]

would emirates ever introduce a third daily service from manchester or isnt the demand there

[MancRy]

That is a real possibility Bozzy and think that it's been rumoured before. Besides, if you can fill two services a day, i'm sure that you can have a bloody good stab at a third!

[Vuelo]

Shall we just leave you two lovebirds to it?

[Railgun]

Marrakesh is RAK

[MancRy]

Thanks Railgun. Vuelo, your not jealous are you? You know if you want to join in on our conversation that is open to the PUBLIC, please feel free. Neither me or Bozzy bite.

[bozzy]

vuelo, you can join in with the conversation, like what mancRy said we wont bite.

looking at etihad's website and it had no mention of new routes to manchester just New York in 2006. Are you sure they are coming to Manchester?

[jongeman]

It seems pretty certain that Etihad are coming to Manchester, it just hasn't been announced yet. Not officially.

MAN seems to be going through a lull at the moment. I don't think I can remember a time as quiet as this, for a long time.

I'm sure it's got something to do with the cost of oil. Even some established healthy services are struggling to make a profit at the moment (apparently)

[ManchesterMan]

GREAT NEWS !!!!!

There has not been a new post on here
spreading the latest rumours for a whole two
days!

This must be some sort of record for recent
times?

I'm really enjoying the complete lack of juicy
carefree and throw-away willy-nilly snipets of
complete fantasy that often passes for worth
-while infomation.

I hope that by the summer of '06 will be long
enough for me to recover my senses and be
pleasantly surprised when I go to the airport
and discover lots of new destinations served
by lots of new airlines.

I will now do a 90 degree turn on one leg and
walk out of here (with thanks to Monty Python!)

MM

[jongeman]

And wouldn't Los Angeles, Mumbai, Delhi, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Moscow look good on the departure boards?

Would you like a rumour?

Air Koryo MAN-Novosibirsk-Pyongyang, Tues, Thu and Sun from April 22nd!

[This Charming Man]

Hey Manchester Man

I've heard that Mahan Air twice a week is on the cards.

What do your sources say ?

[jongeman]

Mahan Air would make a lot of sense. There's a massive Iranian community in Manchester and all over the north.

[Lord Toofouright]

Know what you mean jongeman, but I would suggest that they are living in the UK to get away from the present tyranical regime in Iran and therefore wouldn't consider going back??
I think you'll find any service with Mahan Air will be targetting the through route to Pakistan and onward via Tehran.
Buisness must be good in Bradford??



Cheerio old boy,

Lord. 24R

[ManchesterMan]

TCM

Yeah I've heard the rumour around too

3X weekly starting the very first day of
April.

Keep your eyes to the skies!

MM