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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Give them a break, they only sorted out a handling agent a few days ago.
The seats wll be on sale by the end of the week. I didn't realise you were all so desparate to get to Milan....
The seats wll be on sale by the end of the week. I didn't realise you were all so desparate to get to Milan....
Join Date: Mar 2007
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I will be one of the first to book the on the service!
Both LS and BE operate great services on the route and I will be checking out the comptetion!
The only downside is that outbound times and of course the Italian accent on the plane!
Both LS and BE operate great services on the route and I will be checking out the comptetion!
The only downside is that outbound times and of course the Italian accent on the plane!
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: manchester
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Volareweb to MXP
Yet another lcc starter, with very poor flight times i give this 12 months at the very most.
Even though this is better than nothing at all, what we really need is the national airlines to return, why no alitala, tap portugal, austrian,iberia (maybe back now to madrid) malev,etc, just to name a few all these airlines have served at sometime in the past, yet lcc's seem to want to get involved in the routes add the extra seats and flights that are not required national airlines then pull out because lcc's are under cutting prices, then 6-12 months down the line the lcc's carn't full the b737's they have find that they make more money on bucket and spade flights and pull the routes leaving manchester for the worst.
For all those that want ryanair and easyjet here do you really think that this is for the best?
look at ryanair down the east lancs always chopping and changing flights and fly to middle of nowhere do we really want this?????? do you want ryanair to stockholm then onto a coach for over 1 hour to get to where you really want to be or would you prefer SAS or other established airlines flying you direct to the city on your ticket.
If ryanair or easyjet get into manchester then all your going to get is a big reduction in airlines into manchester, is it better to have one lcc in manchester or 10 different established airlines on different routes.
Now thats off my chest
Looking forward to your views
Even though this is better than nothing at all, what we really need is the national airlines to return, why no alitala, tap portugal, austrian,iberia (maybe back now to madrid) malev,etc, just to name a few all these airlines have served at sometime in the past, yet lcc's seem to want to get involved in the routes add the extra seats and flights that are not required national airlines then pull out because lcc's are under cutting prices, then 6-12 months down the line the lcc's carn't full the b737's they have find that they make more money on bucket and spade flights and pull the routes leaving manchester for the worst.
For all those that want ryanair and easyjet here do you really think that this is for the best?
look at ryanair down the east lancs always chopping and changing flights and fly to middle of nowhere do we really want this?????? do you want ryanair to stockholm then onto a coach for over 1 hour to get to where you really want to be or would you prefer SAS or other established airlines flying you direct to the city on your ticket.
If ryanair or easyjet get into manchester then all your going to get is a big reduction in airlines into manchester, is it better to have one lcc in manchester or 10 different established airlines on different routes.
Now thats off my chest
Looking forward to your views
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Nice for a day trip to Milan then....Out on the Flybe Embraer and back on the Volare A320?......Interseted to see what the fares start at on the Volare Service.
Anymore news on the Madrid service????
Anymore news on the Madrid service????
Join Date: Apr 2001
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FLY "Globespan"
IF One wants to fly to Canada, there are better ways than jumping on a B738, and stopping in Iceland....and then.......
before landing in Canada
watp,oktch
before landing in Canadawatp,oktch
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Manchester
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"Maybe if MA Plc hadn't actively set out to attract a whole host of LO-CO's to operate services in competition with BA (and the other 'legacy' carriers) they might have secured a bit more loyalty and investment in new routes. It's hard to maintain a business when your business plan is being constantly undermined by one of your key partners"
Maybe but I'm not so sure...in the too many years I was at BA the only impression I got was that they had as much serious interest in MAN as Gordon Brown does in cutting taxes.
Maybe but I'm not so sure...in the too many years I was at BA the only impression I got was that they had as much serious interest in MAN as Gordon Brown does in cutting taxes.
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Perhaps Bill Savage et al were right in blocking locos at MAN for all those years. Mr Spooner was wheeled in, the locos arrived, and look what you're all moaning about now...
No flag carriers, but no locos either, on key routes.
No flag carriers, but no locos either, on key routes.
Join Date: May 2006
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they may be cheap in November but once you go into december or January it costs 118EUR/£82 return, with Flybe going at £100 return.
could get quite interesting
Also remember Volareweb also have much bigger aircraft to fill.
could get quite interesting
Also remember Volareweb also have much bigger aircraft to fill.
Join Date: Jan 2006
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BMI Baby winter 2007/8
AS BHX had some changes (EDI 5 down to 3 a day & BCN 7 - 6 a week)
I decided to check the other basis as well.
Cardiff I could not tell but the aircraft utilisation is still bad with an aircraft
on the deck 3 hours in the day mid week. However Manchester has gone
from 4 based units to 3.
The original winter schedule required about 3 plus a one other at times
but the schedule has tightened to three based (in the week at least).
It also includes a very Ryanair type schedule for one aircraft on a Friday:
0700 BFS 0945
1015 JER 1330
1400 NOC 1700
1730 BFS 1955
2025 ORK 2330
Yep 10 sector day!
Winter is now
7 BHX (with aircraft 7 one flight most days)
3 CWL (with one aircraft doing 4 sectors some days)
5 EMA (although I have not checked the schedule for weeks)
3 MAN (mainly busy all week when Geneva starts)
3 aircraft on maintenance or are these the 3 x 500's which are going?
Pete
I decided to check the other basis as well.
Cardiff I could not tell but the aircraft utilisation is still bad with an aircraft
on the deck 3 hours in the day mid week. However Manchester has gone
from 4 based units to 3.
The original winter schedule required about 3 plus a one other at times
but the schedule has tightened to three based (in the week at least).
It also includes a very Ryanair type schedule for one aircraft on a Friday:
0700 BFS 0945
1015 JER 1330
1400 NOC 1700
1730 BFS 1955
2025 ORK 2330
Yep 10 sector day!
Winter is now
7 BHX (with aircraft 7 one flight most days)
3 CWL (with one aircraft doing 4 sectors some days)
5 EMA (although I have not checked the schedule for weeks)
3 MAN (mainly busy all week when Geneva starts)
3 aircraft on maintenance or are these the 3 x 500's which are going?
Pete
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Milan MXP
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Volareweb will base 2 A320 at MXP and open 10 new route:
Alghero 3x week, Cagliari daily, Pescara 4x week, Wroclaw 3x week, Lodz 2x week, Maastricht 4x week, Rotterdam daily, Helsinki daily, Porto daily and
Manchester 5x week
MXP-MAN 18.35-19.40 12-45-7 VE 8228
MAN-MXP 20.10-23.15 12-45-7 VE 8229
Alghero 3x week, Cagliari daily, Pescara 4x week, Wroclaw 3x week, Lodz 2x week, Maastricht 4x week, Rotterdam daily, Helsinki daily, Porto daily and
Manchester 5x week
MXP-MAN 18.35-19.40 12-45-7 VE 8228
MAN-MXP 20.10-23.15 12-45-7 VE 8229
