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Well, I think you are struggling with the numbers now Ian Brooks. It was in the older days you saw smaller planes at MAN. Today it's only two domestic destinations left with aircraft which has 50 or less seats, and they are Norwich (Dornier 328 with 31/32 seats) and partly Aberdeen (E135/145 with 37/49 seats). The rest of the scheduled domestic flights are flown with at least a 66 seats Aurigny ATR72 up to 188 seats British Airways A321 to LHR. The average seats occupied per domestic flight at MAN was 66 in February.
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anln-kgl i am not struggling with anything as that is what I have said
routes were with smaller aircraft and now larger aircraft
I have lived in Manchester since 1969 when routes were with BEA and Cambrian with Viscounts but on a very low frequency but then went to
the likes of S330 and S360
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routes were with smaller aircraft and now larger aircraft
I have lived in Manchester since 1969 when routes were with BEA and Cambrian with Viscounts but on a very low frequency but then went to
the likes of S330 and S360
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Libyan Airlines
LHR-LAX
Presume Libyan authorities have lifted suspension on Nouvelair as TS-INN is operating to LHR on LN102 right now.
In other news, the Libyan government have said Manchester and Heathrow routes will resume very soon after the temporary suspension.
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Travel daily media reporting that Pegasus are studying a route from SAW to either MAN, LPL or LBA.
MAN possibly has the edge due to proven and larger market, also Pegasus already serve MAN with a weekly AYT flight.
No doubt LPL and LBA will put up a good fight for an Istanbul link, so will be interesting to see who pulls it off.
MAN possibly has the edge due to proven and larger market, also Pegasus already serve MAN with a weekly AYT flight.
No doubt LPL and LBA will put up a good fight for an Istanbul link, so will be interesting to see who pulls it off.
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MAN possibly has the edge due to proven and larger market, also Pegasus already serve MAN with a weekly AYT flight.
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Just been having a browse on fly as website. They have manchester listed and comes up with a direct Jeddah flight from 2nd may 2014, says sold out on all days the flights are on so maybe because its not yet been announced
MAN dep 10:15 arr 18:55
XY26 flight number
At idea what terminal, surely terminal two!
MAN dep 10:15 arr 18:55
XY26 flight number
At idea what terminal, surely terminal two!
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It does indeed show direct flights on Fri and Sun. Sunday could be an issue as its also quite odd the Manchester online timetable has Saudia dropping its sunday flights in October.
Incidently LGW not listed yet, which I would have thought they would have put up first.
Incidently LGW not listed yet, which I would have thought they would have put up first.
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The flynas schedule:
XY25 JED 0355 MAN 0845 A330-300 Wed, Fri and Sun
XY26 MAN 1015 JED 1855 A330-300 Wed, Fri and Sun.
Flights begin 2nd May.
I would have called Saudia's MAN-JED route marginal as it was, now a 2nd carrier and total of 6 weekly flights, I fear all will not end well, certainly from MAN's perspective.
Still no sign of their LGW flights.
XY25 JED 0355 MAN 0845 A330-300 Wed, Fri and Sun
XY26 MAN 1015 JED 1855 A330-300 Wed, Fri and Sun.
Flights begin 2nd May.
I would have called Saudia's MAN-JED route marginal as it was, now a 2nd carrier and total of 6 weekly flights, I fear all will not end well, certainly from MAN's perspective.
Still no sign of their LGW flights.
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"If there is going to be a London outside London, then it will be Manchester!
Nice quote from Mind The Gap....BBC2
Matched only by the belief based on a national survey that the UK populous believe Manchester is now the most important City outside London.
Can only be good for Manchester Airport if only MAG, Local MPs, The Council etc shared the same mojo !
In other news it's now surfaced via some somewhat secretive briefings that extra capacity at Heathrow will lead to a reduction in movements at every other single airport in the South East.
Fourth runway at Heathrow ?would block flight paths to other airports? | The Times
As a strong advocate of further expansion down there for a more realistic 4 runway megahub rather than tinkering with a lukewarm 3, i'm incredulous, I did raise this very same point .....er 2 years ago!
Perish the thought that the Davies Commission were not going to disclose this !
A fundamental point pushed into a draw in Whitehall ?
I doubt Manchester will benefit but it would be nice for Mr Davies to disclose as much information as he was given possible so MPs can make decisions based on facts !
Perhaps Evan Davies rather than the current incumbent could be relied on to present a fuller analysis of UK air transport capacity !
I await a "sensible" interjection from Mr North West whose postings normally follow mine with tedious , make that monotonous regularity
Nice quote from Mind The Gap....BBC2
Matched only by the belief based on a national survey that the UK populous believe Manchester is now the most important City outside London.
Can only be good for Manchester Airport if only MAG, Local MPs, The Council etc shared the same mojo !
In other news it's now surfaced via some somewhat secretive briefings that extra capacity at Heathrow will lead to a reduction in movements at every other single airport in the South East.
Fourth runway at Heathrow ?would block flight paths to other airports? | The Times
As a strong advocate of further expansion down there for a more realistic 4 runway megahub rather than tinkering with a lukewarm 3, i'm incredulous, I did raise this very same point .....er 2 years ago!
Perish the thought that the Davies Commission were not going to disclose this !
A fundamental point pushed into a draw in Whitehall ?
I doubt Manchester will benefit but it would be nice for Mr Davies to disclose as much information as he was given possible so MPs can make decisions based on facts !
Perhaps Evan Davies rather than the current incumbent could be relied on to present a fuller analysis of UK air transport capacity !
I await a "sensible" interjection from Mr North West whose postings normally follow mine with tedious , make that monotonous regularity
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4th rwy at LHR
In other news it's now surfaced via some somewhat secretive briefings that extra capacity at Heathrow will lead to a reduction in movements at every other single airport in the South East.
As a strong advocate of further expansion down there for a more realistic 4 runway megahub rather than tinkering with a lukewarm 3, i'm incredulous, I did raise this very same point .....er 2 years ago!
As a strong advocate of further expansion down there for a more realistic 4 runway megahub rather than tinkering with a lukewarm 3, i'm incredulous, I did raise this very same point .....er 2 years ago!
Perish the thought that the Davies Commission were not going to disclose this !
A fundamental point pushed into a draw in Whitehall ?
I doubt Manchester will benefit but it would be nice for Mr Davies to disclose as much information as he was given possible so MPs can make decisions based on facts !
A fundamental point pushed into a draw in Whitehall ?
I doubt Manchester will benefit but it would be nice for Mr Davies to disclose as much information as he was given possible so MPs can make decisions based on facts !
At least LCY, MSE, SEN and possibly STN wouldn't have to completely close for NATS purposes as would be the case to accomodate a 4-rwy estuary airport.
It may not matter if business and traffic drifts towards a 4-rwy LHR. Also, reductions at other airports would prevent them from becoming full up as is projected for LCY, LGW and LTN.
It would actually bring LHR into line with its peer group airports (AMS, CDG, FRA, MAD) which also have the no-frills, general aviation, charter and holiday company business that is absent at LHR.
The main reason LGW and LTN developed in the 1970s was lack of capacity at LHR (yes, even back then!). It's the only reason that there are so many airports in London.
Take Paris, for example, as the only realistic comparison with London, it has 6 rwys accross 2 airports (4 at CDG, 2 at ORY). London should have been the same (4 at LHR and 2 at LGW). Instead we have a "constellation of airports" (to use the language of Gatwick airport management), with some of the smaller London airports being considerably busier than their Paris equivelants (BVA, LBG, POX, etc.).
Doubt if any of this would adversely affect MAN, it has already doubled its rwy count.
Missed "Mind The Gap", will watch the repeat tomorrow.
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flyNas MAN timetable including LGW
flynas Launches A330 Operation from April 2014 | Airline Route
Also Saudia to upgrade some flights to a 777-300ER over the summer!
Saudia Plans 777-300ER Manchester Service on Selected Dates July ? Oct 2014 | Airline Route
Going to be a busy route!
flynas Launches A330 Operation from April 2014 | Airline Route
Also Saudia to upgrade some flights to a 777-300ER over the summer!
Saudia Plans 777-300ER Manchester Service on Selected Dates July ? Oct 2014 | Airline Route
Going to be a busy route!
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Looking at MAN in the above timetable, either there is an error or the route looks like it could be going to 4 weekly. The timetable seems to list a Thursday MAN-JED but no JED-MAN?
Looking at MAN in the above timetable, either there is an error or the route looks like it could be going to 4 weekly. The timetable seems to list a Thursday MAN-JED but no JED-MAN?
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How many weekly flights to Jeddah do we really need? I just hope at least one of the carriers can survive on the route.
As Viscount 702 mentioned, we don't want another Madrid, which went from unserved to 3 carriers, and then the threat of being unserved again until Ryanair decided to fly 4 x weekly. Still under-served in my view with EZY carrying more pax from LPL last time I checked.
Nevertheless, some interesting things happening this summer so let's hope the various new routes prosper.
As Viscount 702 mentioned, we don't want another Madrid, which went from unserved to 3 carriers, and then the threat of being unserved again until Ryanair decided to fly 4 x weekly. Still under-served in my view with EZY carrying more pax from LPL last time I checked.
Nevertheless, some interesting things happening this summer so let's hope the various new routes prosper.