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Official figures show delays for passengers at Manchester worsened last summer.
Manchester airport had the worst record in the UK on charter flights, only 66% getting away on time, it was also the worst for the amount of time they were delayed.
Manchester airport had the worst record in the UK on charter flights, only 66% getting away on time, it was also the worst for the amount of time they were delayed.
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Well that dont suprise me when you look at what other airports handle charter work!!, London Gatwick is the only other airport that comes even nearly close to working at capacity.
Its well known at Manchester that it aint unusual for aircraft to wait for 30 minutes plus for a stand to become available. Something that will only get worse when Easyjet and Jet 2 both have there full programme running out of Manchester.
I think it is about time that Manchester looked at sodding off the B.A. regional 145's to a regional airport.
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Its well known at Manchester that it aint unusual for aircraft to wait for 30 minutes plus for a stand to become available. Something that will only get worse when Easyjet and Jet 2 both have there full programme running out of Manchester.
I think it is about time that Manchester looked at sodding off the B.A. regional 145's to a regional airport.
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Although its anathema for most airports to actively get rid of traffic, isn't the better option to farm the charter traffic out. A (un)healthy percentage of MAN's charter passenger base comes from the immediate catchment areas of LPL, LBA, MME etc, so running the flights on-time and from more convenient departure points seems a win-win for Joe Public.
Sadly, with the pressure BACX will be coming under in the North West, they may have little choice but to scale down.
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Sadly, with the pressure BACX will be coming under in the North West, they may have little choice but to scale down.
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Well people, we won't have long to wait to find out. 13th.Jan is the date Easyjet have to tell Man whether they will use any slots allocated,or even if they have been allowed the slots.
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..... the charter delays (it was 68% not 66% ontime) increased due to the amount of delays and knock-on delays caused by the Hurricanes that hit Florida and the Carribean. On a positive note Sheduled flights faired better and are as follows
AIRPORT PUNCTUALITY
Scheduled flights July-September 2004
Heathrow 61% (21min)
Edinburgh 68% (17min)
Gatwick 69%(17min)
Luton 72% (16min)
Glasgow 73% (15min)
Stansted 76% (12min)
Manchester 76% (14min)
Newcastle 78% (12min)
Birmingham 78% (13min)
London City 83% (9min)
*Source: Civil Aviation Authority
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AIRPORT PUNCTUALITY
Scheduled flights July-September 2004
Heathrow 61% (21min)
Edinburgh 68% (17min)
Gatwick 69%(17min)
Luton 72% (16min)
Glasgow 73% (15min)
Stansted 76% (12min)
Manchester 76% (14min)
Newcastle 78% (12min)
Birmingham 78% (13min)
London City 83% (9min)
*Source: Civil Aviation Authority
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Performance on Scheduled flights vary dependent on carrier. Below is lifted from www.flightontime.info which has just been updated and seems linked to the story.
VLM performance is excellent as is Bmiregional. At the bottom end at an average of nearly 30 mins delay per flight are Bmibaby and PIA. Bmibaby being lowcost may be suffering from aiming for too tight a turnrounds at Manchester, for PIA its maybe just the scale of the operation.
Table 1 - Punctuality Statistics for all scheduled operators, with over 20 flight movements / week average during the period
(Jan-Aug 2004)
The numbers in the columns refer to:
1st - the average delay in mins
2nd - the %age departing within 15mins
3rd - the %age departing over an hour late
4th - the %age departing over 3 hours late
5th - the total flights analysed
1 VLM Airlines 4.57 92.57 1.18 0.10 2,974
2 Eastern Airways 5.37 92.17 1.82 0.30 3,014
3 bmi Regional 5.49 90.37 1.64 0.04 5,361
4 SN Brussels Airlines 5.63 91.37 1.58 0.24 1,263
5 Scandinavian 7.44 85.06 1.69 0.00 2,008
6 Lufthansa 7.78 84.82 1.88 0.12 1,700
7 Luxair 8.27 87.19 2.92 0.42 960
8 Ryanair 8.35 84.78 2.05 0.37 1,905
9 Air France 9.43 82.90 3.11 0.07 2,865
10 Lufthansa City Line 9.55 81.38 2.96 0.11 3,609
11 Aer Lingus 9.89 81.04 3.06 0.14 2,221
12 BA CitiExpress 10.03 82.69 4.00 0.34 33,313
13 Swiss Airlines 10.24 77.06 2.28 0.06 1,800
14 Monarch Scheduled 10.78 83.01 3.40 0.65 3,825
15 British Airways 11.20 78.99 3.54 0.29 8,202
16 KLM (mainline et al.)14.38 74.04 5.78 0.54 3,167
17 bmi British Midland 14.82 73.00 5.11 0.42 4,481
18 Emirates 17.23 73.03 4.10 1.13 975
19 Aurigny 18.59 72.06 6.69 0.91 1,435
20 bmi baby 29.46 53.10 13.57 2.22 5,499
21 Pakistan International38.16 52.48 15.33 4.49 1,513
Table 2 - Punctuality Statistics for all scheduled UK Domestic flights to and from Manchester Airport
(Jan-Aug 2004)
1 VLM Airlines 4.57 92.57 1.18 0.10 2,974
2 bmi Regional 5.28 90.74 1.53 0.02 4,914
3 Eastern Airways 5.37 92.17 1.82 0.30 3,014
4 BA CitiExpress 10.32 82.45 4.16 0.35 13,114
5 Qantas *** 10.64 83.19 3.98 0.00 226
6 British Airways 11.42 78.37 3.56 0.26 7,735
7 Aer Arran ** 12.24 83.22 5.59 1.40 143
8 bmi British Midland 12.95 73.24 4.41 0.18 3,356
9 Air Southwest * 13.15 76.15 5.81 0.24 826
10 Aurigny 18.59 72.06 6.69 0.91 1,435
11 bmi baby 24.23 59.49 10.87 2.06 1,407
ALL AIRLINES > > > 10.18 82.08 3.70 0.33 39,144
* - Air Southwest commenced Domestic services to and from Manchester during February 2004
** - Aer Arran commenced Domestic services to and from Manchester during June 2004
*** - Qantas commenced Domestic services to and from Manchester during June 2004
This page updated
11/01/2005
Next update due
30/01/2005
VLM performance is excellent as is Bmiregional. At the bottom end at an average of nearly 30 mins delay per flight are Bmibaby and PIA. Bmibaby being lowcost may be suffering from aiming for too tight a turnrounds at Manchester, for PIA its maybe just the scale of the operation.
Table 1 - Punctuality Statistics for all scheduled operators, with over 20 flight movements / week average during the period
(Jan-Aug 2004)
The numbers in the columns refer to:
1st - the average delay in mins
2nd - the %age departing within 15mins
3rd - the %age departing over an hour late
4th - the %age departing over 3 hours late
5th - the total flights analysed
1 VLM Airlines 4.57 92.57 1.18 0.10 2,974
2 Eastern Airways 5.37 92.17 1.82 0.30 3,014
3 bmi Regional 5.49 90.37 1.64 0.04 5,361
4 SN Brussels Airlines 5.63 91.37 1.58 0.24 1,263
5 Scandinavian 7.44 85.06 1.69 0.00 2,008
6 Lufthansa 7.78 84.82 1.88 0.12 1,700
7 Luxair 8.27 87.19 2.92 0.42 960
8 Ryanair 8.35 84.78 2.05 0.37 1,905
9 Air France 9.43 82.90 3.11 0.07 2,865
10 Lufthansa City Line 9.55 81.38 2.96 0.11 3,609
11 Aer Lingus 9.89 81.04 3.06 0.14 2,221
12 BA CitiExpress 10.03 82.69 4.00 0.34 33,313
13 Swiss Airlines 10.24 77.06 2.28 0.06 1,800
14 Monarch Scheduled 10.78 83.01 3.40 0.65 3,825
15 British Airways 11.20 78.99 3.54 0.29 8,202
16 KLM (mainline et al.)14.38 74.04 5.78 0.54 3,167
17 bmi British Midland 14.82 73.00 5.11 0.42 4,481
18 Emirates 17.23 73.03 4.10 1.13 975
19 Aurigny 18.59 72.06 6.69 0.91 1,435
20 bmi baby 29.46 53.10 13.57 2.22 5,499
21 Pakistan International38.16 52.48 15.33 4.49 1,513
Table 2 - Punctuality Statistics for all scheduled UK Domestic flights to and from Manchester Airport
(Jan-Aug 2004)
1 VLM Airlines 4.57 92.57 1.18 0.10 2,974
2 bmi Regional 5.28 90.74 1.53 0.02 4,914
3 Eastern Airways 5.37 92.17 1.82 0.30 3,014
4 BA CitiExpress 10.32 82.45 4.16 0.35 13,114
5 Qantas *** 10.64 83.19 3.98 0.00 226
6 British Airways 11.42 78.37 3.56 0.26 7,735
7 Aer Arran ** 12.24 83.22 5.59 1.40 143
8 bmi British Midland 12.95 73.24 4.41 0.18 3,356
9 Air Southwest * 13.15 76.15 5.81 0.24 826
10 Aurigny 18.59 72.06 6.69 0.91 1,435
11 bmi baby 24.23 59.49 10.87 2.06 1,407
ALL AIRLINES > > > 10.18 82.08 3.70 0.33 39,144
* - Air Southwest commenced Domestic services to and from Manchester during February 2004
** - Aer Arran commenced Domestic services to and from Manchester during June 2004
*** - Qantas commenced Domestic services to and from Manchester during June 2004
This page updated
11/01/2005
Next update due
30/01/2005
