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I would be surprised at that arent Barcelona famous for not having sponsors but supporting Unicef on their shirts, maybe they have doe a similar deal to the Reds though
How easy is it to connect flights at manchester that depart from diffrent terminals with a 1 hour 45 minute gap between?
Pretty straightforward, in my experience. It does depend if you are on a through ticket though. I recently transferred from a Terminal 2 European flight to a Terminal 2 USA flight on a through ticket and had to be taken to Terminal 1 (I think) to a transfer desk before I was taken back to T2.
My bags were going straight through, and staff told me that an hour is the minimum I'd realistically need for such a transfer.
I've transferred between terminals on separate tickets ( having collected my bags) pretty quickly in the past.
Pretty straightforward, in my experience. It does depend if you are on a through ticket though. I recently transferred from a Terminal 2 European flight to a Terminal 2 USA flight on a through ticket and had to be taken to Terminal 1 (I think) to a transfer desk before I was taken back to T2.
My bags were going straight through, and staff told me that an hour is the minimum I'd realistically need for such a transfer.
I've transferred between terminals on separate tickets ( having collected my bags) pretty quickly in the past.
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The "deal" is not for names on shirts and is for both Manchester United and Barcelona.
per Manchester Evening News
per Manchester Evening News
United are ready to announce another sponsorship deal, this time with growing airline Turkish Airlines.
The three-year contract will see United adopt Turkish Airlines as its official carrier, replacing Air Asia, and is expected to be confirmed by the Old Trafford club soon.
Turkish Airlines has already announced a similar contract with Barcelona, which is reportedly worth approximately £2.7m a year to the Catalan giants.
The three-year contract will see United adopt Turkish Airlines as its official carrier, replacing Air Asia, and is expected to be confirmed by the Old Trafford club soon.
Turkish Airlines has already announced a similar contract with Barcelona, which is reportedly worth approximately £2.7m a year to the Catalan giants.
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Buses
A quick question.
Is the bus service from MAN-LPL-MAN still operational??
My Mother is flying to LPL from AGP on May 20th and stays at the Heald Green Travelodge next to MAN whilst here to see friends.She used to get the direct bus from LPL to MAN and back because of it's frequency,ease of use and price as it costs £50+ in a taxi to take her back to LPL for her flight home to AGP on 06.00 RYR flight
Cheers,
Mark
Is the bus service from MAN-LPL-MAN still operational??
My Mother is flying to LPL from AGP on May 20th and stays at the Heald Green Travelodge next to MAN whilst here to see friends.She used to get the direct bus from LPL to MAN and back because of it's frequency,ease of use and price as it costs £50+ in a taxi to take her back to LPL for her flight home to AGP on 06.00 RYR flight
Cheers,
Mark
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Some positive news along with negative!
I hear that Air Baltic maybe about to launch a return into Man. during March with a three times a week service to Riga and two to Vilnius.
On the downside Air Canada have withdrawn their aplications for Tornoto flights, Saudia will not be returning soon and Bangladesh has been further put back until the end of March, if at all?
It looks as if the days of NEW international long haul flights have well and truly finished at Manchester and I'm sorry to say it looks very much that its best days have been and gone?
Top - Gear are to put a bid in for the use of runway 2 !!
On the downside Air Canada have withdrawn their aplications for Tornoto flights, Saudia will not be returning soon and Bangladesh has been further put back until the end of March, if at all?
It looks as if the days of NEW international long haul flights have well and truly finished at Manchester and I'm sorry to say it looks very much that its best days have been and gone?
Top - Gear are to put a bid in for the use of runway 2 !!
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So when was AA's JFK service canned? That's still starting new this summer. Or are you being short-sighted and expecting a dozen new long-haul routes this year?! SV's problem is that getting 90 odd passengers per flight would probably make MAN an A320 style operation. As for BG, looking at one or two media reports, they've now got the 777 and they seem to have sorted out whatever problems had previously precluding operations/
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I can see SV returning to MAN in the future as they now operate all their European flights (LHR excepted) with 320s (nonstop as opposed to via other European airports). They also dropped VIE and MUC at the same time as MAN. However if they were only averaging 90 or so pax from MAN on the 777 then it could be a while!
As for other long haul, be happy with what you have, I think you still a good range of flights and carriers after what has been (and still will be) a hell of a year for airlines. Down here at BHX our only new flight for 2010 so far is a weekly Iceland Express to KEF!! As for routes that have been dropped, well I just haven't time to type them all!!
As for other long haul, be happy with what you have, I think you still a good range of flights and carriers after what has been (and still will be) a hell of a year for airlines. Down here at BHX our only new flight for 2010 so far is a weekly Iceland Express to KEF!! As for routes that have been dropped, well I just haven't time to type them all!!
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This year still has some hope, ANA are looking to start flights later on in 2010, Etihad to upgrade to 777-300ER from 28th March and Biman 777-200 from 28th March also some new charters as well 
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How long for though?
Ringwayman, I had forgotten about the AA JFK service so forgive my amnesia?
However when it was announced I remember thinking that although it was to be commended that AA were still considering new routes from Manchester during these rather austere times, just how many more seats are required on a New York run? Continental twice a day with B.757, Delta once a day with B757 and now AA with B757. I suppose you could say that the AA is a One World replacement for the lost BA service of last year, in which case it's OK, but I would have thought that a destination not already served by other carriers may have been a more sustainable bet?
I wasn't expecting a dozen new long-haul routes this year at all, that's just plain daft, but with all the centralising of Airline operations occurring at the present time to each one's home hubs/ alliance hubs, there seems little chance of a return to the days of operations by the like of Cathay Pacific, Malaysian, South African, Qantas, Air India, El Al, Egyptair, Syrianair, Iberia, Alitalia, Air Portugal, LOT, Malev, Air Algerie, Royal Air Maroc, Tunisair, Aeroflot, Luxair, Tarom, Balkan, Olympic, etc etc. that's all !
I'm told that the Saudia loads were restricted to a max upload of of 80 pax from Manchester per flight, to allow the rest of the capacity to be allocated out of Geneva. If this is true then the loads were probably Ok, just not enough of the ye old yield value!
Anyway it was only my opinion and I really do hope that I am made to eat my words ! So come on All Nippon, United, JetStar, Lan Chile, JET Airways, Kingfisher, Air Asia, and Loganair, get those slots booked !
However when it was announced I remember thinking that although it was to be commended that AA were still considering new routes from Manchester during these rather austere times, just how many more seats are required on a New York run? Continental twice a day with B.757, Delta once a day with B757 and now AA with B757. I suppose you could say that the AA is a One World replacement for the lost BA service of last year, in which case it's OK, but I would have thought that a destination not already served by other carriers may have been a more sustainable bet?
I wasn't expecting a dozen new long-haul routes this year at all, that's just plain daft, but with all the centralising of Airline operations occurring at the present time to each one's home hubs/ alliance hubs, there seems little chance of a return to the days of operations by the like of Cathay Pacific, Malaysian, South African, Qantas, Air India, El Al, Egyptair, Syrianair, Iberia, Alitalia, Air Portugal, LOT, Malev, Air Algerie, Royal Air Maroc, Tunisair, Aeroflot, Luxair, Tarom, Balkan, Olympic, etc etc. that's all !
I'm told that the Saudia loads were restricted to a max upload of of 80 pax from Manchester per flight, to allow the rest of the capacity to be allocated out of Geneva. If this is true then the loads were probably Ok, just not enough of the ye old yield value!
Anyway it was only my opinion and I really do hope that I am made to eat my words ! So come on All Nippon, United, JetStar, Lan Chile, JET Airways, Kingfisher, Air Asia, and Loganair, get those slots booked !
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Checking the GDS from April onwards right through December, the Etihad flights are still showing A330-200, and not the B777-300ER, would be suprised if they do upgrade to B777-300ER this year.
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Checking the GDS from April onwards right through December, the Etihad flights are still showing A330-200, and not the B777-300ER, would be suprised if they do upgrade to B777-300ER this year
To be honest, i would be suprised if any of the info stated by planenutter is true, think its just a case of spotters rumours ??
Unless you can tell me otherwise planenutter ??
To be honest, i would be suprised if any of the info stated by planenutter is true, think its just a case of spotters rumours ??
Unless you can tell me otherwise planenutter ??