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It may be the "pessimist" in me coming out but I'll believe it when I see it. I still don't believe that MAN has the infrastructure in place to cope with a regular A830 operation 
EK A380 due at MAN 07/09/09 for testing, if all goes well it will start daily operations in January 2010.
Can't see it myself. The Engineering Type course takes 3 months + on job training and then another 3 months to get it on the EASA/CAA License.
AFAIK no one on the airport is currently type rated.
Unless of course EK are setting up their own base of operations.......
Where's me CV?
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Emirates have confirmed that an A380 will be at BHX on 9 Sept, so if BHX can cope surely MAN can ?
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It takes a special sort of person to be able to ask this:
And then later state this:
in the same day...
Haven't seen it on here but believe VS are dropping UVF ?.
Could this mean the A380?
So it will be an A380 in MAN instead of a 3rd daily flight.
Haven't seen it on here but believe VS are dropping UVF ?.
Join Date: May 2001
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Ref: A380
I might have had too much sun but....... I think MAN could just about cope with the A380. The only bottle neck would be for pax at Gate 31.
The new departure lounge is plenty big enough to keep the pax shopping (and not sitting down).
The baggage hall could cope depending how many desks were open.
The ramp is basicly just the same as A330/340 cargo in front, bags in the back not an issue.
It could cause a few small delays while it takes a tour around the taxiways but it would only be one a day.
Bring it on!
The new departure lounge is plenty big enough to keep the pax shopping (and not sitting down).
The baggage hall could cope depending how many desks were open.
The ramp is basicly just the same as A330/340 cargo in front, bags in the back not an issue.
It could cause a few small delays while it takes a tour around the taxiways but it would only be one a day.
Bring it on!
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VS75 operated as planned, although was late due to late inbound aircraft. I think VS73 was on the board in error - the timetable on the VS website suggests that it only operates on Fridays 17/4-13/6; 10/7-25/9 and 9/10-23/10.
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Just got back from a 3 week trip. On the 11th June when I departed to Amsterdam the EK flight(midday) was arriving. It was strange to see it taxi past the pier at Terminal 1, come towards terminal 2 and then perform a 180 degree turn through the pad opposite 2 and then taxi back to the pier on Term 1. Any ideas why?
Coming back Flybe from Frankfurt to term 3, why this upstairs/downstairs business? Also find it always seems to be a long way to baggage, tho in no way as bad as arriving at Frankfurt where it's a VERY long way to get your bags!
Coming back Flybe from Frankfurt to term 3, why this upstairs/downstairs business? Also find it always seems to be a long way to baggage, tho in no way as bad as arriving at Frankfurt where it's a VERY long way to get your bags!
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All that up and down stairs business as you put is an attempt to comply with UK Government mandate of total separation of arriving and departing passengers.
A total nonsense really since both will have been vetted de shoes sniffed etc...
These regulations plus the requirement for an increasing number of nationalities to have Transit Visas and ADP are making the UK a place best avoided for connections.
A total nonsense really since both will have been vetted de shoes sniffed etc...
These regulations plus the requirement for an increasing number of nationalities to have Transit Visas and ADP are making the UK a place best avoided for connections.
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Re: separation of passengers
What i don't get is that at MAN we have to take stupid routes up and down stairs but at Edinburgh all passengers just mingled together in the lounge regardless as to whether they were departing or arriving. It makes MAN look bad and is completely inconsistent!