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I think it's safe to say that it wouldn't be that commercially sensitive if said manager decided to hint to employee's. Incidentally, the information is second hand but no reason to question it's authenticity.
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Their GLA-MAD route also appears to be unbookable after the end of Aug, so they would appear to be exiting regional UK routes altogether. Unless these routes are being taken over by IB Express or something?
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Big jump from a CRK/CR9 to an Iberia Express A320. Suppose they could drop the service to 4 weekly that might work.
However seems likely that as with so many other airports and routes, having Ryan Air and Easy Jet now on the same route they have just flooded the market with too many seats, and Iberia have decided not to try and beat them.
A great shame if true.
Nigel
Big jump from a CRK/CR9 to an Iberia Express A320. Suppose they could drop the service to 4 weekly that might work.
However seems likely that as with so many other airports and routes, having Ryan Air and Easy Jet now on the same route they have just flooded the market with too many seats, and Iberia have decided not to try and beat them.
A great shame if true.
Nigel
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@cloud1.
i was told that due to the airport fire service dealing with an incident there was a lack of fire cover, resulting in a few diversions, one of them was ek17 (a380)which diverted to lhr.
i was told that due to the airport fire service dealing with an incident there was a lack of fire cover, resulting in a few diversions, one of them was ek17 (a380)which diverted to lhr.
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Incident today
I heard the reason for diversions and a few delays on outbounds was because of a Thomas Cook emergency landing due to engine fire (probably blown out of proportion). Most of the afternoon ZB and TOM flights were all delayed about 30mins/1hr
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No it wasnt an engine fire.
It was something to do with the wheels (wheel fire on landing?) / hydraulics / undercarriage
It was TCX2148 / 62TG to Heraklion which turned back over Dubrovnik due to the fact that TCX has a mx hangar here at MAN it was thought best by not only TCX but also the pilot in command as it would be easier to fix the problem at a base or put pax on another aircraft rather than having the a/c and crew stranded downroute on a small greek island.
It was something to do with the wheels (wheel fire on landing?) / hydraulics / undercarriage
It was TCX2148 / 62TG to Heraklion which turned back over Dubrovnik due to the fact that TCX has a mx hangar here at MAN it was thought best by not only TCX but also the pilot in command as it would be easier to fix the problem at a base or put pax on another aircraft rather than having the a/c and crew stranded downroute on a small greek island.
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Airport was closed for a while due TCX B767 landing with hydraulic fault needed all the fire crews, so no fire cover, so airport effectively shut. Held for about 15 mins, heard some diverting including the EK A380 off to LHR.
I'm not sure whether MAN-MAD being axed has anything to do with an internal announcement re: EZY's base at MAD. Indeed, not sure what the announcement is but it involves two meetings scheduled with crew and Carolyn McCall late this afternoon.
See ya on 7103/7104 soon ey 
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Can the Liverpool willy wavers go elsewhere to peddle their infantile little comments please.
Too many times, PPRUNE threads get locked for crap like this.
Grow up.
Too many times, PPRUNE threads get locked for crap like this.
Grow up.
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Sorry StoneyBridgeRadar I am not wanting to get involved in this LPL debate, i am merely stating a fact that said person who refuses to fly from liverpool needs to grow up. If that was the only option for me to take a direct flight to Madrid from the NorthWest then i would take it rather than trekking across the country - or 'driving'
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