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I hear from a likkle birdy that CSA are going 20 x per week and that THY is going 10 x weekly, secons flight on Monday Wednesday and Friday.
Anyone heard anything about Qatar going to 15 per week ?????
Anyone heard anything about Qatar going to 15 per week ?????
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MAN-CRL would be great, we currently travel to Stanstead for the CRL flights as the only other option is to take a second morgage and go with flybe or SN who have the duopoly on this route.
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I like BBCs reporting on the story:
'MAN will now compete in the low cost sector against LPL.'
LOL! Like they havn't been for the past 10 years!
Good news for MAN and lets hope it keeps improving and 3rd spot will be back before long!
'MAN will now compete in the low cost sector against LPL.'
LOL! Like they havn't been for the past 10 years!
Good news for MAN and lets hope it keeps improving and 3rd spot will be back before long!
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So any guesses for the 4 routes planned for June and the four for 2009?
"RYANAIR was the latest budget airline to unveil major expansion plans at Manchester Airport when it announced services to the cities of Milan, Marseille, Girona in Spain and Bremen in Germany would start next year.
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The Irish carrier will operate a total of 12 services a week to those destinations initially.
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It hopes to add four more Manchester routes by June and a further four by summer 2009."
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Stoney
"RYANAIR was the latest budget airline to unveil major expansion plans at Manchester Airport when it announced services to the cities of Milan, Marseille, Girona in Spain and Bremen in Germany would start next year.
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The Irish carrier will operate a total of 12 services a week to those destinations initially.
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It hopes to add four more Manchester routes by June and a further four by summer 2009."
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Good news for MAN and lets hope it keeps improving and 3rd spot will be back before long!
And MAN's world rankings in terms of pax carried will continue to decline as many airports in SE Asia are now experiencing massive growth whilst the European market - and especially the UK - is now a mature one.
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Why does it matter about 3rd spot? Surely what matters is that MAN has a sustainable business and serves the demand in this part of the world.
And MAN's world rankings in terms of pax carried will continue to decline as many airports in SE Asia are now experiencing massive growth whilst the European market - and especially the UK - is now a mature one.
Absolutely spot on.
I can only imagine most of those on here who just want to see the airport get swamped with LCC flights don't have to fly in and out of the place very often.
And MAN's world rankings in terms of pax carried will continue to decline as many airports in SE Asia are now experiencing massive growth whilst the European market - and especially the UK - is now a mature one.
Absolutely spot on.
I can only imagine most of those on here who just want to see the airport get swamped with LCC flights don't have to fly in and out of the place very often.
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Odd times for Gdansk.
Either a very long stopover which I doubt but too short for a trip in between back to Poland unless there is an A/C change. Also we don't know about WAW yet
Viscount
Either a very long stopover which I doubt but too short for a trip in between back to Poland unless there is an A/C change. Also we don't know about WAW yet
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Manflyer,
Think you got the wrong end of the stick. I was suggesting rankings don't matter, rather than supporting the posts like yours on here which moan about swamping the place with LCC. The point is does it really matter whether MAN is 3rd or 4th busiest in the UK? Only by getting pax volume (which the LCC will bring to replace the declining volume of IT pax) will the place be able to continue both as a sustainable business and generate enough income to afford the capital projects it needs to satisfy the pax and airlines and provide a decent service. But it doesn't matter to me whether Stansted is ahead or behind MAN.
And as you may have seen from my previous post (1515 ), I am advocating a good mix of the different types of traffic at MAN to satisfy ALL the diverse types of demand in our region. So, as far as I am concerned, I am pleased that these EZY have committed themselves to an operation at MAN and there is a small expansion by FR. To my mind, this achieves a better balance between flight types at MAN.
And whether you like it or not, the LCC business model is the one in vogue in Europe at the moment. Eventually, someone may come along with a different concept, but for now, airports should accomodate LCCs where it makes good business sense to do so. In an interview with Rowena Burns on BBC TV last night, she said that discussions with the LCCs had been protracted because there was a neeed to strike a deal that was right for the airline AND the airport. At last this has been achieved.
So roll on the first EZY flight I say
Suzeman
Think you got the wrong end of the stick. I was suggesting rankings don't matter, rather than supporting the posts like yours on here which moan about swamping the place with LCC. The point is does it really matter whether MAN is 3rd or 4th busiest in the UK? Only by getting pax volume (which the LCC will bring to replace the declining volume of IT pax) will the place be able to continue both as a sustainable business and generate enough income to afford the capital projects it needs to satisfy the pax and airlines and provide a decent service. But it doesn't matter to me whether Stansted is ahead or behind MAN.
And as you may have seen from my previous post (1515 ), I am advocating a good mix of the different types of traffic at MAN to satisfy ALL the diverse types of demand in our region. So, as far as I am concerned, I am pleased that these EZY have committed themselves to an operation at MAN and there is a small expansion by FR. To my mind, this achieves a better balance between flight types at MAN.
And whether you like it or not, the LCC business model is the one in vogue in Europe at the moment. Eventually, someone may come along with a different concept, but for now, airports should accomodate LCCs where it makes good business sense to do so. In an interview with Rowena Burns on BBC TV last night, she said that discussions with the LCCs had been protracted because there was a neeed to strike a deal that was right for the airline AND the airport. At last this has been achieved.
So roll on the first EZY flight I say
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Monkey lover are you hinting some Easyjet flights from European points with non-MAN based aircraft could start operating prior to winter 08? If yes which are the top candidates.... surely MAD and GVA are up there?!
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DL/AF
There are a lot of folk that fly MAN - CDG - USA, as they do with KLM & DLH, therefore I pressume that the need for a connecting flight would be removed if flying AFR to the US ex MAN, once the code share kicks in.
AFR may then reduce the number of CDG-MAN feeder flights (is it 5 or 6 daily currently ?), and hey - does that not mean less polution too
, and add to that better utilisation of DAL's capacity ex MAN (which may well encourage them to expand), it makes good sense to me in todays world of puddledness.
AFR may then reduce the number of CDG-MAN feeder flights (is it 5 or 6 daily currently ?), and hey - does that not mean less polution too
, and add to that better utilisation of DAL's capacity ex MAN (which may well encourage them to expand), it makes good sense to me in todays world of puddledness.