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That's more like it
What's the latest on the Air China Beijing service, scheduled to start "March 09". I know the whole financial world has changed, since the announcement of the CAAC expansion plans on 11/09/07, but are we still on their radar?
What's the latest on the Air China Beijing service, scheduled to start "March 09". I know the whole financial world has changed, since the announcement of the CAAC expansion plans on 11/09/07, but are we still on their radar?
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MAN777 wrote....
Any official news on the ex BA hangar at MAN, there were 2 Monarch airbuses in it last night, have they taken it on ?
The (Ex) BA Hangar is owned by Manchester Airport, hangar space is rented out to anyone wanting to use it.
The 2 Monarch a/c in there at present are 757's G-MONB and G-MONE which are leaving the fleet and are in there while they undergo Return Off Lease checks and work.
Cheers, bigMAN
Any official news on the ex BA hangar at MAN, there were 2 Monarch airbuses in it last night, have they taken it on ?
The (Ex) BA Hangar is owned by Manchester Airport, hangar space is rented out to anyone wanting to use it.
The 2 Monarch a/c in there at present are 757's G-MONB and G-MONE which are leaving the fleet and are in there while they undergo Return Off Lease checks and work.
Cheers, bigMAN
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yes BA/BMI pulled MAN because they couldn't make money but that isn't a fault with MAN and its passenger base, it's a fault with BA/BMI.
Low-cost is the future in Europe,
Low-cost is the future in Europe,
If your argument held up, there would be a genuine low cost long haul replacement in the wings to take up the slack.
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Sorry for being mind numbing betablocker, we were just trying to lighten the mood!!
Sorry to use valuable server space!!! Will let you get back to the oh so serious business of discussing rumours!
Sorry to use valuable server space!!! Will let you get back to the oh so serious business of discussing rumours!
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Well Skipness given the current climate I would suggest you dust off the old CV. I work for a major multinational and have been told IF I have to travel to keep costs as low as possible including using budget airlines.
We had a directive a while back telling us to use LH instead of BA for international travel because we can get better deals via Munich rather than Heathrow, not tried it (yet) but I guess there goes my BA Exec card!!!
Rob
We had a directive a while back telling us to use LH instead of BA for international travel because we can get better deals via Munich rather than Heathrow, not tried it (yet) but I guess there goes my BA Exec card!!!
Rob
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Certainly Skipness I'm not disagreeing with what you said, all I'm saying is that there is little opportunity outside of the South East for legacy carriers, I wasn't suggesting that Long Haul Locos would be an obvious success. What I was trying to get at was: why are some people at Manchester and other areas complaining about losing traditional carriers when clearly those are not what the market desire, the airport makes money out of Low cost flights doesn't it? Don't they pay the same fees?
I do firmly believe though that if it was run well a low fares long haul airline could work in the right economic climate so long as it didn't compromise too much on service. Regular business travellers are not stupid, they won't refuse to use an airline just because it has been labelled "low cost" by industry critics (as long as a good level of service is maintained by the airline in question). Just look at Jet2, there are many companies in Yorkshire with which I have had dealings that have no problem using Jet2 for business travel needs short haul.
I do firmly believe though that if it was run well a low fares long haul airline could work in the right economic climate so long as it didn't compromise too much on service. Regular business travellers are not stupid, they won't refuse to use an airline just because it has been labelled "low cost" by industry critics (as long as a good level of service is maintained by the airline in question). Just look at Jet2, there are many companies in Yorkshire with which I have had dealings that have no problem using Jet2 for business travel needs short haul.
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Low cost flights doesn't it? Don't they pay the same fees?
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The market does support legacy long haul but struggles on British registered legacy short haul. Though last time I looked MAN still have Air France, Lufthansa, KLM, CSA etc etc.
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But the problem as I see it is having to transit through LHR which even at the best of times can be chellenging. As well as long haul I use the shuttles pretty often and if I can avoid LHR and go through LGW.
I like flying BA having never had a problem with them (other than being late) but flatly refuse to have the heathrow experience again. even T5 is no better.
I like flying BA having never had a problem with them (other than being late) but flatly refuse to have the heathrow experience again. even T5 is no better.
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People seem to be misunderstanding what I am saying. Of course I understand that Air France, Continental etc are operating via their hubs. My point over the last few posts has been that with the fares those airlines are charging hub operations are the only way forward.
Any destination (within reason) would work if it was cheap enough hence my belief that Low cost carriers are the future for Manchester.
Any destination (within reason) would work if it was cheap enough hence my belief that Low cost carriers are the future for Manchester.
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Originally Posted by spannersatcx
Never scheduled for March 09. Possible earliest date is Sept 09.
That is about the only one I can find.
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I like flying BA having never had a problem with them (other than being late) but flatly refuse to have the heathrow experience again. even T5 is no better.
Also in terms of being late, BA have vastly improved their punctuality levels since the move to T5. Baggage performance in terms of lost bags/1000 pax is better now than AF or KL.
My point over the last few posts has been that with the fares those airlines are charging hub operations are the only way forward.
You are absolutely right that the future for point to point services at MAN is low cost, as it is with most of the UK regions. Hence you won't see BA taking much part in it. But that shouldn't be a criticism of BA, they just operate a different business model.
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Get 20 787/A350s and you are flying! Literally!
You know where that amount of capital expenditure is going to start paying its way and realistically it's NOT Manchester.
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I wouldn't bet on it. By the time these aircraft are rolling into LHR they may just have three runways to play with....
There wont be a 3rd Runway @ LHR, it will for sure be shelved.
There wont be a 3rd Runway @ LHR, it will for sure be shelved.