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When does that start? My friend has a home in Lisbon and since TAP pulled the plug has rarely used it. There's at least two seats a month for them.
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Can anyone tell us what the throughputs of the search area are now? People per hour, per x-ray and per archway?
I'd be interested to know how much lower they are than they used to be. Poor old MA will have to double its search areas just to stand still.
I'd be interested to know how much lower they are than they used to be. Poor old MA will have to double its search areas just to stand still.
After TAP pulled the Lisbon, PGA Portugalia operated the route. Over many years they have served Opporto, Lisbon & Faro from Manchester. Sadly PGA was another Manchester loss earlier this year, that was their only UK route. Now that TAP have taken over PGA, I'd hoped maybe TAP could be persuaded to return, but hey,Thomsonfly start LIS from 1st May, five times a week dep at 0655.
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BMI Baby Summer 2007
When do seats go on sale?
Saw some promotional material being delivered to T3 - titled 'New Arrival'. I assume this means MAN will get one new route next summer. With no extra based aircraft will anything be dropped to make way for this?
Saw some promotional material being delivered to T3 - titled 'New Arrival'. I assume this means MAN will get one new route next summer. With no extra based aircraft will anything be dropped to make way for this?
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BMI Baby Summer 2007
Good news about a potential new route. If an existing route is to be dropped to make way, my bet is that NQY wont return next summer. Although, they did announce that they would have four extra aircraft for S07. Two of which have been deployed from MME and an additional two joining the fleet from elsewhere. Three of these are off to BHX but the fourth could well be on its way to MAN. In which case, hopefully there will be 2 or 3 new routes announced
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Summer 2007 - let the thoughts flow?
Well the Summer Slot Conference - in Dallas - has been held, and all the delegates should now be home.
This is therefore the time when people start to get clever and come up with all sorts of weird and wonderful ideas as to routes that will, may, or never in a month of Sunday etc operate.
So what do we KNOW? Well on a personal note the answer is not a lot, however I am sure that things will start to leak out in the near future. Over the last couple of years we have had the silly season of easyJet and it's planned Manchester base. We have had the saga of Cathay Pacific, Thai and other routes.
My guess is on more consolidation of routes and that any new services are likely to be by 'quality' carriers. Gone are the days when applications will far outstrip capacity, it is more likely to be a constrained expansion of services - but hopefully one which will allow the airport to get back on track for growth.
The only thing that does seem certain is that it will be a couple of months before the combined BA/BE route network is known - that is on the basis that the take-over goes ahead.
This is therefore the time when people start to get clever and come up with all sorts of weird and wonderful ideas as to routes that will, may, or never in a month of Sunday etc operate.
So what do we KNOW? Well on a personal note the answer is not a lot, however I am sure that things will start to leak out in the near future. Over the last couple of years we have had the silly season of easyJet and it's planned Manchester base. We have had the saga of Cathay Pacific, Thai and other routes.
My guess is on more consolidation of routes and that any new services are likely to be by 'quality' carriers. Gone are the days when applications will far outstrip capacity, it is more likely to be a constrained expansion of services - but hopefully one which will allow the airport to get back on track for growth.
The only thing that does seem certain is that it will be a couple of months before the combined BA/BE route network is known - that is on the basis that the take-over goes ahead.
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They're looking to do an announcment by 1st Jan having spent "months" tinkering around the schedules of both BA and BE. They're not taking on all the routes from BACon so I'm trying to work out which are the potential routes to be pulled from MAN (Geneva, Vienna and Lyon?). But with some duplication of timings on Southampton and Belfast City, we may see some new additions (or should I say, extra Glasgow and Edinburgh!)
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Monarch wanted to go double daily on MAN to BCN from nextMarch, but were unsuccessful at the slot conference, and that's from Martin Jeans himself. No late evening slots from BCN available.
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Taxiway Sierra extension - when?
The lastest airfield chart on the AIS website shows a works area for an extension of the above taxiway from its junction with Tango to a point on Victor, midway between DZ & FZ.
Any idea when this work is due to commence?
Any idea when this work is due to commence?
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I saw on the Amadeus website that Bmi Regional will withdraw the MAN-TLS service from january 5.
Jet 2 will begin to fly this route in mid-april with 5 weekly services.
So, no flights between MAN and TLS for 4 months ?
Jet 2 will begin to fly this route in mid-april with 5 weekly services.
So, no flights between MAN and TLS for 4 months ?
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Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines are to go daily non stop from beginging of January with B777
after dropping the 2 x 1 stop flights via Zurich at end of December that gives MAN quite a large increase in capacity on the Tuesday and Thursday flights
Excellent news
G-I-B
after dropping the 2 x 1 stop flights via Zurich at end of December that gives MAN quite a large increase in capacity on the Tuesday and Thursday flights
Excellent news
G-I-B
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Does anyone know the answer to the following?
In the retail developments update of T1, will there be anywhere decent to eat airside? By that I mean not BK, not the over priced greasy spoon, not the coffee outlet in the bar that has 1 person working and a queue that doesn't move. The only half decent options are a Boots meal deal, or maybe better, the other bar in the middle that does a very limited choice.
Is the cramped, ancient style baggage hall ever to be updated? It looks like something you used to find in East Europe 30 years ago.
Will the patched up carpet and ridiculous post office style rope queue thing at immigration where you walk round and round looking stupid to be modernised?
I hope the answer is positive, because I absolutely hate this awful, dirty, horrible dump of a building, and find it an embarrassment to the city.
In the retail developments update of T1, will there be anywhere decent to eat airside? By that I mean not BK, not the over priced greasy spoon, not the coffee outlet in the bar that has 1 person working and a queue that doesn't move. The only half decent options are a Boots meal deal, or maybe better, the other bar in the middle that does a very limited choice.
Is the cramped, ancient style baggage hall ever to be updated? It looks like something you used to find in East Europe 30 years ago.
Will the patched up carpet and ridiculous post office style rope queue thing at immigration where you walk round and round looking stupid to be modernised?
I hope the answer is positive, because I absolutely hate this awful, dirty, horrible dump of a building, and find it an embarrassment to the city.
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Singapore Airlines
G-I-B & Scottie Dog
The flight goes to a daily B777 for the period 29 December-22 January according to the Singapore Airlines timetable and then back to 5 per week. The last B744 is on Thursday,December 28th.
Playamar
The flight goes to a daily B777 for the period 29 December-22 January according to the Singapore Airlines timetable and then back to 5 per week. The last B744 is on Thursday,December 28th.
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Autoglide, the T1 baggage hall has not long been revamped and personally I think it looks pretty smart now they've brightened it up and removed the old black floor tiling. Exactly what your gripes with it are I do not know. I do agree with everything else you comment on though.
I think it's fair to say that a lot of people on here are disgruntled with MAN at the minute. But the constant moanings regarding poor management, security issues, the ageing state of Terminal 1 etc etc are getting a little boring. This thread is in danger of becoming the 'Lets slag off Manchester as much as we can' thread and whilst I agree with some - not all - of the ill comments being thrown around, it would be nice to have a bit of positive stuff on here rather than the constant MAN bashing that seems to occur on a daily basis at the moment
I think it's fair to say that a lot of people on here are disgruntled with MAN at the minute. But the constant moanings regarding poor management, security issues, the ageing state of Terminal 1 etc etc are getting a little boring. This thread is in danger of becoming the 'Lets slag off Manchester as much as we can' thread and whilst I agree with some - not all - of the ill comments being thrown around, it would be nice to have a bit of positive stuff on here rather than the constant MAN bashing that seems to occur on a daily basis at the moment
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help needed
hi i know this post shouldnt go in here but ive tried and failed in where are they now forum as it only ever seems 2 people read it....im after tracking somebody down who works for servisair t2 ramp....if anybody knows the lads could you please pm me regards!!!!!
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I heard rumors and seen plans to an updated T1 at man, so its more like T2 where you checkin then go into depatures, ie getting rid of the big hall after checkin and having secuirty just after the ramp down to the hall.
But then the depature lougue would become massive, as during the summer there is hardly any where to sit, never mind the huge queues at secuirty.
All that said they are only plans, but there are looking into changing MAN T1 in the near furture, they are spending alot of money at man with taxi ways being re laied, T1 arrvals, and new FEP's going in.
Never know we might even see new air bridges (cross fingers for that one) all going well in my view, but things take time
But then the depature lougue would become massive, as during the summer there is hardly any where to sit, never mind the huge queues at secuirty.
All that said they are only plans, but there are looking into changing MAN T1 in the near furture, they are spending alot of money at man with taxi ways being re laied, T1 arrvals, and new FEP's going in.
Never know we might even see new air bridges (cross fingers for that one) all going well in my view, but things take time