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Was interested in the reasons behind the return charter to Peking on AB's A332
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Info on the new tower - please
Does anyone have any further information with regards to the start date for the construction of the new ATC tower - and also of the chosen design.
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I think the tenders are are only just in or due in next few days so I don`t
have a start date but completion is 2 years from start date
Not a lot of help I know Scottie
Ian
have a start date but completion is 2 years from start date
Not a lot of help I know Scottie
Ian
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Probably something to do with this
New Manchester Airport car park investigated over claims it does not have planning permission | Manchester Evening News - menmedia.co.uk
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New Manchester Airport car park investigated over claims it does not have planning permission | Manchester Evening News - menmedia.co.uk
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Bye bye bmibaby
So bmibaby are closing up at MAN at the end of the Summer season... this will leave some gaps in the route map for MAN for other airlines to pick off:
Knock
Newquay
Bordeaux
Toulouse
Perpignan
Montpellier
Lourdes
Any ideas who may pick them up? Ryanair may be interested some and maybe Flybe will be interested in one or two of the French destinations and NQY? Given they recently started EDI-NOC, maybe they'll now give MAN-NOC a go.
Knock
Newquay
Bordeaux
Toulouse
Perpignan
Montpellier
Lourdes
Any ideas who may pick them up? Ryanair may be interested some and maybe Flybe will be interested in one or two of the French destinations and NQY? Given they recently started EDI-NOC, maybe they'll now give MAN-NOC a go.
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I am not surprised at this in the slightest. Bmibaby have faffed around too much at MAN, and now the other big loco operators have grown around them leaving little point for WW being there.
They were going to serve MAD, but oh no, wait, RYR/EZY jumped on that one. They applied to run SXF, oh wait, EZY got on that one. Then they moved their belfast flights to BHD, and look who jumped on the MAN-BFS, yep, easyjet.
On some routes they are also being squeezed out. LIS now has TAP (with better fares and more frequency), LS has always shared PRG (and Im not being funny, but in MAN, more people knew LS served PRG than WW)
As for the rest of their routes, NQY, was hardly a B737 route, and the french routes are probably best suited to BE, as they seem to specialise in that, and they have the might of AF befind them.
As for the Bmi group at MAN, seems they have never actually known what to do with MAN. They had longhaul, that went, then they had WW on the likes of NQY/BHD/BOD/MPL, but then BDregional on EDI/LDE, then mainline on BSL/LHR, and now BD serving LH on FRA. madness!!!
To prove they dont know what they are doing, they have just taken on more crew to be based at MAN, just a matter of weeks ago!
As for this route isnt it staying as im sure it is bmi regional and not baby on this?
They were going to serve MAD, but oh no, wait, RYR/EZY jumped on that one. They applied to run SXF, oh wait, EZY got on that one. Then they moved their belfast flights to BHD, and look who jumped on the MAN-BFS, yep, easyjet.
On some routes they are also being squeezed out. LIS now has TAP (with better fares and more frequency), LS has always shared PRG (and Im not being funny, but in MAN, more people knew LS served PRG than WW)
As for the rest of their routes, NQY, was hardly a B737 route, and the french routes are probably best suited to BE, as they seem to specialise in that, and they have the might of AF befind them.
As for the Bmi group at MAN, seems they have never actually known what to do with MAN. They had longhaul, that went, then they had WW on the likes of NQY/BHD/BOD/MPL, but then BDregional on EDI/LDE, then mainline on BSL/LHR, and now BD serving LH on FRA. madness!!!
To prove they dont know what they are doing, they have just taken on more crew to be based at MAN, just a matter of weeks ago!
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As for the rest of their routes, NQY, was hardly a B737 route
As for this route isnt it staying as im sure it is bmi regional and not baby on this?
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bmi regional operate Lyon from Manchester, perhaps this is what you were thinking?
Well, who could pick up the routes then?
NQY-Eastern airways with the dash 8 maybe?
TLS/LDE/PRP- flybe on a mix of dash 8 or the new E175?
MPL- Ryanair seem to serve this sirport from the likes of BHX?
BOD- easyjet maybe? If not, then another one for BE.
NOC- Aer Arran will surely jump on this, as its what they do best with GWY/WAT.
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NOC- Aer Arran will surely jump on this, as its what they do best with GWY/WAT.
In terms of passenger numbers, how many will be lost as a result?
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I think you will see Flybe before Aer Arann
They have GWY and WAT at the moment, and they also had a go at Sligo (maybe Kerry as well, or am I imagining that?).
They also had an intention to serve LDY, even though it didnt get of the ground, I think its shows Aer Arran are deffinatly ones to have a go.
Also, with the PSO routes ending, they have the spare frames, even if its the ATR42
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The Galway based aircraft operate MAN - KIR. For them to operate the service they would have to base aircraft at Knock as WAT a/c couldn't operate the service. (on busy days like Mon, Thur, Fri, Sun) There is realy no other UK routes to serve from Knock to sustain a based aircraft. Is there a chance that Jet2 would look at it with the B733. I don't know what the loads are like with baby.
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wonder if MAN already has a replacement for the routes?:
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News / bmibaby to pull out of Manchester THEBUSINESSDESK.COM?
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We understand bmibaby’s reasons for the decision and remind our passengers that the destinations will still be served by other carriers in the winter
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