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Is there a user's committee, or a Friends of Manchester Airport, or any other group like that? If not, there should be. Strikes me that several contributors on here could be involved in such an endeavour. The Manchester Evening News NEVER publish anything that could be seen to be critical of MAN, preferring to believe that it's still one of the world's best airports, as it was in the late 80s/early 90s.
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All the major airports have consultative committees made up of councils and interested bodies including the passengers.
Follow this link www.ukaccs.info/manchester/
Follow this link www.ukaccs.info/manchester/
Manchester Airport Consultative Committe
That's impressive!!
Site advises next meeting is on Friday 13 July 2007.
On the ball and up to date!!!
Just like the airport!!!
Site advises next meeting is on Friday 13 July 2007.
On the ball and up to date!!!
Just like the airport!!!
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Vuelo, fair point about Iris but there was 8 of us waiting for about 5 mins while the guy tried to reboot it. When he said it's not playing one of the group asked could we walk to the front and he just ignored us and walked off, so we all joined the huge queue. Just as we got to the front a couple walked up to Iris and then to the front of the queue. I thought they were just hard faced, I'll know next time. 
Walkways. That excuse wouldn't surprise me (they'd only need to turn half of them off anyway as the other half don't normally work...) but it's rather pathetic to be honest. Having said that it can't be right as contrary to my claim they were all out, I remember the last one was actually working as one seriously p*ssed up bloke fell over at the end while arguing with his missus, and the ongoing argument that we could hear waiting for Iris to be rebooted and then in the queue kept us quite amused.
Last night was my first late arrival at T1 for a while (I'd done CAN-BKK-FRA on TG) as it's normally T2 on SQ, and with Iris and no checked luggage I'm usually in the car within 15 minutes of disembarking. Unless it's on Friday of course, when SQ are on a remote gate.....
Walkways. That excuse wouldn't surprise me (they'd only need to turn half of them off anyway as the other half don't normally work...) but it's rather pathetic to be honest. Having said that it can't be right as contrary to my claim they were all out, I remember the last one was actually working as one seriously p*ssed up bloke fell over at the end while arguing with his missus, and the ongoing argument that we could hear waiting for Iris to be rebooted and then in the queue kept us quite amused.
Last night was my first late arrival at T1 for a while (I'd done CAN-BKK-FRA on TG) as it's normally T2 on SQ, and with Iris and no checked luggage I'm usually in the car within 15 minutes of disembarking. Unless it's on Friday of course, when SQ are on a remote gate.....
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From UK Airport News
Immigration officers at Manchester Airport are wearing new uniforms as part of increasing measures to deter people from attempting to enter Britain illegally. The move follows the introduction of new scanning equipment at that airport.
The dark blue suits and light blue shirts will be worn by officers at all British airports, and are slowly been rolled out at other hubs having been unveiled at Gatwick in August. Government officials say the new uniforms make it clear to people arriving in the terminals that they are crossing a national border.
New 'border' signs have also been put in place at the airport, as part of the move by the Border and Immigration Agency, which was launched in April.
So that's all right then.........
Suzeman
Immigration officers at Manchester Airport are wearing new uniforms as part of increasing measures to deter people from attempting to enter Britain illegally. The move follows the introduction of new scanning equipment at that airport.
The dark blue suits and light blue shirts will be worn by officers at all British airports, and are slowly been rolled out at other hubs having been unveiled at Gatwick in August. Government officials say the new uniforms make it clear to people arriving in the terminals that they are crossing a national border.
New 'border' signs have also been put in place at the airport, as part of the move by the Border and Immigration Agency, which was launched in April.
So that's all right then.........
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MODs,
Perhaps it is time for a "Rant and Tant" Manchester page, 'cos all we seem to be hearing at the moment, is "I am teed off with Manch", and frankly it's getting to be a "PITA".
If you don't like it, then either,
a, Fly from another Airport [if you can]
b, Complain...to...MEN, BBC, or even Manchester Airport PLC...
but please do NOT take up Dannys bandwith on "I had a delay at Immigration and/or my bags were 30 seconds late"
I work there,and have suffered "Delays", both In and Out
It happens.....at every Airport.
WE do our best to minimise any and all delays...
Rant over
watp,iktch
Perhaps it is time for a "Rant and Tant" Manchester page, 'cos all we seem to be hearing at the moment, is "I am teed off with Manch", and frankly it's getting to be a "PITA".
If you don't like it, then either,
a, Fly from another Airport [if you can]
b, Complain...to...MEN, BBC, or even Manchester Airport PLC...
but please do NOT take up Dannys bandwith on "I had a delay at Immigration and/or my bags were 30 seconds late"
I work there,and have suffered "Delays", both In and Out
It happens.....at every Airport.
WE do our best to minimise any and all delays...
Rant over
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Came throu T2 arrivals early Tue morning, Only 1 security person stood by the doors at Red/Green channel, People were walking straight throu, No one was stopped!
I stopped parking in the terminal years ago, noticed that 1/2 hour is £1.80 1 hour £3.15?? quote me if i'm wrong.
BAI
I stopped parking in the terminal years ago, noticed that 1/2 hour is £1.80 1 hour £3.15?? quote me if i'm wrong.
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Came throu T2 arrivals early Tue morning, Only 1 security person stood by the doors at Red/Green channel, People were walking straight throu, No one was stopped!
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Hong Kong
On another forum, a source from HKG lists new services from CLK. In the list is Cathay to MAN begining on 8th Feb.2008, details to be announced. Anyone heard anything to confirm this.
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CX
I'd very much like this to come off but I'm a bit wary after the saga last time. Remember we have been here once before and the flights were even on sale I believe, but they ran scared when the Moscow stopover hit the buffers.
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On another forum, a source from HKG lists new services from CLK. In the list is Cathay to MAN begining on 8th Feb.2008, details to be announced. Anyone heard anything to confirm this.
No crews, no equipment, no idea how to market or price it, unable to compete on price with the likes of EK and most important (in their eyes) it ain't London and that is all HKG see as the UK, London!
Having said that you might see more freighters and to different destinations.
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US airways
next july is US airways flying MAN-LAX VIA PHL. as i want to go and it says it flies but dont know if its the same plane carrying on to lax or if u have to change in philly?
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Spannersatcx are you meaning CX may consider putting on extra freighters to new destinations in mainland China itself or just MAN as an airport may see more new freight services in general?
Either way at the moment it looks a lot rosier on the freight front than pax!
Either way at the moment it looks a lot rosier on the freight front than pax!
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TSC
Having reported earlier that TSC wouldn't operate to Canada next year from MAN and GLA as TCX were operating the flights I see the Canadian Affairs website now shows TSC on days 14567 with an A310
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Good news that TSC will have a strong presence in summer 08 at least, if as we think AC have given up the ghost. Any more yet on Zoom???
Rumours on another site suggest a downsized schedule for next summer with some stuff to CWL now no longer bookable, as well as MAN still not loaded at all yet.
Rumours on another site suggest a downsized schedule for next summer with some stuff to CWL now no longer bookable, as well as MAN still not loaded at all yet.
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Came throu T2 arrivals early Tue morning, Only 1 security person stood by the doors at Red/Green channel, People were walking straight throu, No one was stopped!
Suzeman