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You said: "I hear they are going to both be MAN based on the VS076 / 075 for the first month until operations ramp up."
I have been told the same by my brother who works in Ops.
You said: "I hear they are going to both be MAN based on the VS076 / 075 for the first month until operations ramp up."
I have been told the same by my brother who works in Ops.
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Virgin A330
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Anyone know when they're due for delivery? I hear they are going to both be MAN based on the VS076 / 075 for the first month until operations ramp up.
Anyone know when they're due for delivery? I hear they are going to both be MAN based on the VS076 / 075 for the first month until operations ramp up.
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VS 75 starts ops with the 330 on 2nd April, a/c will be positioned up anytime before then, no date fixed as yet. The a/c will swop over on a Friday, having positioned up the day before for at least the 1st month and will then revert to a W pattern as the 744's now do once a week.
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FlyBe MSE / EasyJet BIO
Not yet noted on this thread, so here goes. FlyBe will drop the MAN-MSE scheduled service effective April 4th due to insufficient demand.
On another topic, very pleasing to see EZY replace an adequately-served route (HEL) with a vacant one (BIO). Lets hope they get a taste for launching unoccupied niche city routes. I have already made an EZY booking to BIO as a result, whereas my previous visits to HEL have been the preserve of Finnair. Now hoping for OPO to come online ... I'd certainly be making use of that one too. My very first flight as a nipper was MAN-OPO (the old airport) on a BEA Trident 3 - it would be nice to reacquaint myself with the city. (So yes, the rumours are confirmed ... I am over 100 years old!).
SHED.
On another topic, very pleasing to see EZY replace an adequately-served route (HEL) with a vacant one (BIO). Lets hope they get a taste for launching unoccupied niche city routes. I have already made an EZY booking to BIO as a result, whereas my previous visits to HEL have been the preserve of Finnair. Now hoping for OPO to come online ... I'd certainly be making use of that one too. My very first flight as a nipper was MAN-OPO (the old airport) on a BEA Trident 3 - it would be nice to reacquaint myself with the city. (So yes, the rumours are confirmed ... I am over 100 years old!).
SHED.
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OPO
Agreed it would be great if MAN-OPO comes off in addition to our new BIO route. Can anybody throw any light on whether this is likely to be announced for this summer as a HEL replacment (easyflyer83?) . Thanks, DomyDom
No, Dommydom. The HEL have now been replaced by BIO and an extra TFS which means the 6 based aircraft in this Summer programme are fully utilised. OPO and VCE were/are being looked at but thats by no means a definite for them to be launched. Several routes over the last couple of years have been seriously looked at but, in the end, not launched.
....and of course they could be operated by non MAN based aircraft, so it's not impossible for 2011.
As others have said Bilbao is a welcome route and IMHO should have come before established destinations like HEL, GOT, AMS, HAM, & MUC.
As others have said Bilbao is a welcome route and IMHO should have come before established destinations like HEL, GOT, AMS, HAM, & MUC.
Of course it could be but I think we can safely say it is unlikely. Neither OPO or VCE are bases and, comparatively speaking, W patterns aren't operated on a wholesale basis across the network. Plus, it is now getting close to the Summer season.
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Tunisair
Tunisair to Enfidha now loaded into the MAN online timetable.
TU946 arrives at 14:00, TU947 departs again at 14:50.
Flights begin 21.5.2011 using an A320 and Terminal will be T1
Flights are also available for booking on expedia, where proof of equipment and terminal can be viewed under a dummy booking
TU946 arrives at 14:00, TU947 departs again at 14:50.
Flights begin 21.5.2011 using an A320 and Terminal will be T1
Flights are also available for booking on expedia, where proof of equipment and terminal can be viewed under a dummy booking
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APD Tax hits business at MAG Airports
From the Manchester Evening News
We'll have to see what happens in the budget......
Suzeman
Manchester Airport lobbies government over tax jobs threat | Manchester Evening News - menmedia.co.uk
We'll have to see what happens in the budget......
Suzeman
Manchester Airport lobbies government over tax jobs threat | Manchester Evening News - menmedia.co.uk
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Well, as seen as the conservatives hate transport, its hardly surprising. Thatcher ruined the railways, so cameron is here to finish off what she left, air travel....
Its a shame because MAN has put in so much effort to gain these new services, and with this APD, they wont last a year.
Its a shame because MAN has put in so much effort to gain these new services, and with this APD, they wont last a year.
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APD is to be frozen. No increase, no reformation, just an open ended freeze. Not ideal, but at least airlines can now budget correctly for another year.
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Emirates Makes Manchester Mideast Hub as BA Sticks to Heathrow
I know the 3rd daily had a mention but this is quite a good article:
Emirates Makes Manchester Mideast Hub as BA Sticks to Heathrow - Bloomberg
Emirates Makes Manchester Mideast Hub as BA Sticks to Heathrow - Bloomberg
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Airbus SAS A380 superjumbo
British Airways scrapped long-haul flights from Manchester in 2008, opting to route people through Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, on nine daily shuttles. The U.K. company says it has no plans to revise the model, even though 13 scheduled carriers including Delta Air Lines Inc., Continental Airlines and Singapore Airlines Ltd. offer long-haul services from the airport, which claims a catchment of 20 million people.
Would there be any point in mentioning again that all of the airlines above have the same hub and spoke business model as British "Why won't they base big shiny long haul planes at Manchester" Airways? No? None at all? News to everyone?
Fine I'll shut up and join the party then. Nasty British Airways ! I don't understand why they don't have a long haul hub at MAN at all. Just my two cents....
btw why has Stand 03 turned (back?) into Stand 01? I am already confused enough without Northern-type stand planners adding to it....