Manchester Happenings (Merged)
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Does anyone know anything about a possible new twice weekly Royal Jordanian service from Man to AMM?
Also, anyone know if Virgin and US Airways are to move terminals next year from T2 to T1?
Also, anyone know if Virgin and US Airways are to move terminals next year from T2 to T1?
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Recap of recent rumours (in no particular order)
Delta or American to Los Angeles
Air China to Beijing
US Airways to Charlotte
Sri Lankan to Colombo
BMI to India
China Airlines to Bangkok and Taipei
Qantas to Sydney
Virgin Express to Brussels
Continental 2x daily to Newark
Cathay to Hong Kong
All Nippon to Tokyo
There are probably more. Which, if any will ever happen, only time will tell.
Delta or American to Los Angeles
Air China to Beijing
US Airways to Charlotte
Sri Lankan to Colombo
BMI to India
China Airlines to Bangkok and Taipei
Qantas to Sydney
Virgin Express to Brussels
Continental 2x daily to Newark
Cathay to Hong Kong
All Nippon to Tokyo
There are probably more. Which, if any will ever happen, only time will tell.
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There are so many more long and medium haul markets ex-Manchester, yet to be exploited.
Bangkok, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Delhi, Mumbai, Male, Colombo, Dhaka, Tehran, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Cairo, Nairobi, Mauritius, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Cancun, Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Detroit and Montreal must be at the top of the list!?!
Manchester should have the likes of Thai, Cathay, Qantas, JAL, Air India, Sri Lankan, Biman, Etihad, Gulf Air, Egyptair, Kenya Airways, Air Mauritius, South African and Northwest operating flights. Other airlines have shown that there is much potential in more long haul routes from Manchester. For example, going by CAA fligures for September, one route in particular, San Fransisco, is carrying HALF the monthly equivelent of the US Airways MAN-PHL route, at approx 4000 pax/month. This SURELY shows that there is a market for at leats 3-4 weekly widebody flights, direct from MAN to SFO. What makes matters even stranger is that the MAN-LAX market is larger than the SFO one, and no-one is even flying that one!
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Bangkok, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Delhi, Mumbai, Male, Colombo, Dhaka, Tehran, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Cairo, Nairobi, Mauritius, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Cancun, Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Detroit and Montreal must be at the top of the list!?!
Manchester should have the likes of Thai, Cathay, Qantas, JAL, Air India, Sri Lankan, Biman, Etihad, Gulf Air, Egyptair, Kenya Airways, Air Mauritius, South African and Northwest operating flights. Other airlines have shown that there is much potential in more long haul routes from Manchester. For example, going by CAA fligures for September, one route in particular, San Fransisco, is carrying HALF the monthly equivelent of the US Airways MAN-PHL route, at approx 4000 pax/month. This SURELY shows that there is a market for at leats 3-4 weekly widebody flights, direct from MAN to SFO. What makes matters even stranger is that the MAN-LAX market is larger than the SFO one, and no-one is even flying that one!
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Pax travelling to/from the NWUK can access Bangkok, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Shanghai, Delhi, Mumbai, Male, Colombo, Dhaka, Tehran, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Cairo, Nairobi, Mauritius and Jo'burg via the EK services to Dubai. (Sorry ,Mike! I couldn't resist that!)
Together wth Kuala Lumpu, Manilla, Jakarta, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch, Dar-es-Salam, Perth, Hyderabad, Chennai, Cochin and Peshawar...
...and very soon Beijing, Cape Town and a whole host of other destinations targetted by Emirates.( Or that!)
I can remember Qantas serving the airport years ago and as a child remember seeing Northwest(Orient) 747's regularly on Pier B. I'm not too sure if Cathay, Air Mauritius,Air Seychelles, Malaysian, Air India etc operate 'Seasonal services' to MAN but I know they've all 'dabbled' with MAN services at one time or another, as have SAA and Gulf Air but they've never stayed on the route because the PAX figures havent materialised.
As for US East/West Coasts, well that's BA for you, and their attitude of ' If we can't make any money on it then we wont let anyone else have a go.' I remember Laker used to serve LA from MAN and look what BA did to them!
It's ripe for 'Tricky Dickie' to throw a couple of his A343's 'out to pasture'at MAN with a couple of LAX's , SFO's 3 or 4 times per week. Just hope he doesn't give it to Air Atlanta.
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Pax travelling to/from the NWUK can access Bangkok, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Shanghai, Delhi, Mumbai, Male, Colombo, Dhaka, Tehran, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Cairo, Nairobi, Mauritius and Jo'burg via the EK services to Dubai. (Sorry ,Mike! I couldn't resist that!)
Together wth Kuala Lumpu, Manilla, Jakarta, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch, Dar-es-Salam, Perth, Hyderabad, Chennai, Cochin and Peshawar...
...and very soon Beijing, Cape Town and a whole host of other destinations targetted by Emirates.( Or that!)
I can remember Qantas serving the airport years ago and as a child remember seeing Northwest(Orient) 747's regularly on Pier B. I'm not too sure if Cathay, Air Mauritius,Air Seychelles, Malaysian, Air India etc operate 'Seasonal services' to MAN but I know they've all 'dabbled' with MAN services at one time or another, as have SAA and Gulf Air but they've never stayed on the route because the PAX figures havent materialised.
As for US East/West Coasts, well that's BA for you, and their attitude of ' If we can't make any money on it then we wont let anyone else have a go.' I remember Laker used to serve LA from MAN and look what BA did to them!
It's ripe for 'Tricky Dickie' to throw a couple of his A343's 'out to pasture'at MAN with a couple of LAX's , SFO's 3 or 4 times per week. Just hope he doesn't give it to Air Atlanta.
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Malasian still operate to Manchester 4 times a week passenger plus I think twice a week cargo, Northwest Airlines have only ever operated cargo never passenger
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My apologies G-I.B.
It was probably C.P. Air, TransAmerica and WardAir that I was confusing them with. It was a long time ago (about 25-30 years ago)...aah! Those were the days... Sunday afternoons in summer with my dad... access to the roof of Pier Bravo...the smell of kerosene... getting the two-fingered salute from a pair of Spantax DC-8 pilots!!!
It was probably C.P. Air, TransAmerica and WardAir that I was confusing them with. It was a long time ago (about 25-30 years ago)...aah! Those were the days... Sunday afternoons in summer with my dad... access to the roof of Pier Bravo...the smell of kerosene... getting the two-fingered salute from a pair of Spantax DC-8 pilots!!!
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'...Before nose in parking?...Air Spain DC8-21?...'
My god,Man! You should be crown green bowling, fly fishing or enjoying some other equally sedate pursuit at your time of life instead of messing about with computers!!!!
'...Before nose in parking?...Air Spain DC8-21?...'
My god,Man! You should be crown green bowling, fly fishing or enjoying some other equally sedate pursuit at your time of life instead of messing about with computers!!!!
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The joys of smokey Dan-Air Ambassador starts, Euravia Constellations, KLM 'Flying Dutchman' colourschemes and Mercury Herons etc..........those were THE days!!
Back to my zimmer-frame??
Back to my zimmer-frame??
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You will have us crying into our rosiners even though it is just 9.35 am in the mornin'!
Rosiner: A nice cup of tea with a few generous measures of whiskey added for taste!
There is now even a sentimentality associated with the Palmair/European Boeing 737-200 regularly doing the WW flight to Cork!
Rosiner: A nice cup of tea with a few generous measures of whiskey added for taste!
There is now even a sentimentality associated with the Palmair/European Boeing 737-200 regularly doing the WW flight to Cork!
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Vuelo - Give us the heads-up on the new long-haul routes into Ringway that you promised would be announced soon! I need to book a flight back home for next June...I'm holding out in the hope that CX of QF will return to Manchester. I hate transiting through LHR.
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Yes the Ambassadors were paticularly smokey and their start ups seemed to take longer than the other types you mention. It was great once the new piers were built, as you were above the smoke on the roof!
Yes the Ambassadors were paticularly smokey and their start ups seemed to take longer than the other types you mention. It was great once the new piers were built, as you were above the smoke on the roof!
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are there to be charter flights to south africa from manchester this winter? also, is the new airline muted on here a few months ago, still going to operate services to pakistan? its all gone very quiet....