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I travelled through MAN today and had some spare time so had a look around all 3 terminals and I have to say compared with my visit about 18 months ago, the place has come on in leaps and bounds! I couldnt believe it, no more grotty toilets, all escalators working and the new looks in T2 and T1 are great.
Progress in the right direction hopefully they will continue this good work.
Progress in the right direction hopefully they will continue this good work.
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Well according to the 23 June 2009 online edition of 'Travel Weekly', the deal "spells the end of low-cost subsidiary BMI Baby". If confirmed, this is appalling news for MAN (4x based B733) . And we all know that BMI's MAN-GLA has been decimated, the Transatlantics have gone already, and the MAN-LHR is occupying valuable LHR slots in competition with a vastly improved WCML Virgin Trains service. All pretty bleak for BMI Group at MAN.
I have asked for comments regarding the 'Travel Weekly' article on the BMI Baby thread. I hope that their BMI Baby comment turns out to be an expression of opinion rather than a done deal, but I'm not holding my breath. Good luck to all those affected at the BMI group of companies.
Cheers, SHED.
Well according to the 23 June 2009 online edition of 'Travel Weekly', the deal "spells the end of low-cost subsidiary BMI Baby". If confirmed, this is appalling news for MAN (4x based B733) . And we all know that BMI's MAN-GLA has been decimated, the Transatlantics have gone already, and the MAN-LHR is occupying valuable LHR slots in competition with a vastly improved WCML Virgin Trains service. All pretty bleak for BMI Group at MAN.
I have asked for comments regarding the 'Travel Weekly' article on the BMI Baby thread. I hope that their BMI Baby comment turns out to be an expression of opinion rather than a done deal, but I'm not holding my breath. Good luck to all those affected at the BMI group of companies.
Cheers, SHED.
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The Info about the ek a380 came from a member of there staff internally. Apparently it will be confirmed and put in the system on 21 august.....heres hoping.
The Info about the ek a380 came from a member of there staff internally. Apparently it will be confirmed and put in the system on 21 august.....heres hoping.
EC-ILS.
Are you sure you did a walk around throughout Terminal 3? I too flew from MAN on Tuesday, and was also impressed with what I saw... having not been there since 2008. However, one escalator was broken and a passing cleaner said that it had been broken for 2 weeks!!!
Are you sure you did a walk around throughout Terminal 3? I too flew from MAN on Tuesday, and was also impressed with what I saw... having not been there since 2008. However, one escalator was broken and a passing cleaner said that it had been broken for 2 weeks!!!
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Yeah I flew from MAN on 4/6/09 to SFB and was quite surprised at the whole redesign of T1. We stayed over the night before and went into the airport to get something to eat on the night but found the area I was thinking of (just before Passport Control with the escalators to take you up to the large viewing window where there was a pub) was inaccessible to non-passengers now. Basically only a Greggs in arrivals area to choose from now!
Still, looked very clean and new, just not too much viewing area now from inside the terminal!
Still, looked very clean and new, just not too much viewing area now from inside the terminal!
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FR are far from finished yet...
Ryanair boss: Manchester will continue to grow - Crain's Manchester Business
Ryanair boss: Manchester will continue to grow - Crain's Manchester Business
but if the loads require it will turn up.
Maybe when Singapore jack it in at the end of the summer the loads will improve.
Anyone got any updates on the BIMAN 777 rumour?
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EK looks like it is about to upgrade it's service to three times daily from November:
From another forum (you know which!). The poster is usually quite good and these details seem a little too in depth for bullsh*t!
Maybe no A380 for some time - frequently anyway! Maybe they are trying to target all those DXB bound passengers heading to LHR!
I've heard it could be a B777-300 (non ER, 364 seats) operating as EK21 / EK22, in at 0635 Zulu, out at 0820 Zulu daily and starting on the 25th October. That's just what I've heard, right...
Maybe no A380 for some time - frequently anyway! Maybe they are trying to target all those DXB bound passengers heading to LHR!
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3rd service to DXB and onwards to the world !! Not what Singapore Airlines would like to see at the moment !
I would be interested to know how many DXB PAX still go via LHR ??
Can we expect Qatar and Etihad to respond ?
Can I make a confession ? I just used Air France MAN-CDG-DXB as it was VERY cheap, pleasantly surprised as to how good the service was although I am not too keen on CDG terminal 2F it was like a greenhouse with no decent eateries or enough seating.
I would be interested to know how many DXB PAX still go via LHR ??
Can we expect Qatar and Etihad to respond ?
Can I make a confession ? I just used Air France MAN-CDG-DXB as it was VERY cheap, pleasantly surprised as to how good the service was although I am not too keen on CDG terminal 2F it was like a greenhouse with no decent eateries or enough seating.
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My choice is between AFA and EK for longhaul going South or East, I prefer DXB to CDG because the latter is confusing to navigate around and security is a pain. However I don't think much of EK's high density business class product used between MAN and DXB, which is unfortunate because the low density J class used from DXB to JNB is fantastic. I therefore usually choose between the two on price.