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rutankrd
You are so right! Unfortunately since our elected representatives take their policy lead from the Daily Mail, Express, Sun and Telegraph rather than from any common sense analysis nothing's going to change any time soon.
I would argue that given the fact that all passenger lists are supplied to UK border in advance and the fact that ALL EU citizens are legally entitled to enter unhindered (Unless there is a warrant out for them !) the UK Border are acting illogically checking every passport whether we are a Schengen signatory or not.
This is pure right wing politically xenophobia and pandering to the red top papers.
This is pure right wing politically xenophobia and pandering to the red top papers.
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HMG has the power to deny EU Citizens entry as Gert Wilders can testify to.
BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Dutch MP refused entry to Britain
BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Dutch MP refused entry to Britain
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LN-KGL
I respect your right to reply on the LHR-LGW thing. Now it would appear, as you also state, that public transport in "many other locations in the UK" is inadequate too? - and here's me thinking that you just disliked MAN? May be you should lay off the espresso's when visiting the, UK?
You do paint an awesome picture of your homeland, funny that. Nothing ever runs correctly in Britain, bloody useless bunch!
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I respect your right to reply on the LHR-LGW thing. Now it would appear, as you also state, that public transport in "many other locations in the UK" is inadequate too? - and here's me thinking that you just disliked MAN? May be you should lay off the espresso's when visiting the, UK?
You do paint an awesome picture of your homeland, funny that. Nothing ever runs correctly in Britain, bloody useless bunch!
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NJJ99, I suggest you read my reply to an other post on this forum - even you may be surprised of what I write here: http://www.pprune.org/airlines-airpo...ershire-4.html
MAN has room for improvement, make not mistake about it but it is not as profound as some would have us believe. Recently flown to SYD and there you have to pay for luggage trolleys too and also pay to pay extra to enter the airport by public transport. Get a grip.
As for the Europe and back in a day argument, it's a very romantic view of business travel. Very few business travellers (white collar and blue collar) actually make day visits to Europe. Full stop.
As for the Europe and back in a day argument, it's a very romantic view of business travel. Very few business travellers (white collar and blue collar) actually make day visits to Europe. Full stop.
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As for the Europe and back in a day argument, it's a very romantic view of business travel. Very few business travellers (white collar and blue collar) actually make day visits to Europe. Full stop.
I also laugh when one reads elsewhere that some "usually Americans" want to work taxi fly overnight across world go straight to another desk/presentation finish taxi back to airport and fly off again .
Its madness !
Most of my international visits include an element of dining when deals are actually closed and you can't do that in a few hours !
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MAN has room for improvement
Isolation of arriving and departing passengers within piers - Totally unnecessary being one of them.
Visible increases at border and as said before checking of all Eu/EEA passport/id cards - Pointless waste of resources.
Land side road access restrictions largely knee-jerk political we have to be seen to do something action after the GLA incident.
As for the car hire issue at Manchester its certainly an annoyance however not unique to Manchester - Plenty other places have you go collect at distant parking lots
The railway service and Manchester Piccadilly issue i have some sympathy with LN-KGL on.
The MSJ &A line (Platform 13/14) was never intended for through regional and indeed intercity traffic volumes it currently receives whilst many of the terminal platforms are under utilised.
Adding to the station confusion the need for reversals and crossings of Yorkshire bound/arriving train services.
These historically routed through Victoria and will do again in the future
All this should be eased with the Northern Hub project and the curve over at Salford.
Ex Airport through the service frequency and range of direct services remains pretty extensive.
"Things can only get better"
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Hi Skip
Are yes a certain white haired loud mouth Dutch fascist - Named and excluded as a potential risk to public safety - using terrorism powers developed to prevent certain Irish persons entering the mainland.
Looks a bit like our own cities buffoon and once my own MP lordy !
I think he should be encouraged to come to the UK meet with other fringe lunatics such Farage and highlight what UKIP really is.
But this is for another forum really.
HMG has the power to deny EU Citizens entry as Gert Wilders can testify to.
Looks a bit like our own cities buffoon and once my own MP lordy !
I think he should be encouraged to come to the UK meet with other fringe lunatics such Farage and highlight what UKIP really is.
But this is for another forum really.
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airlineroute just posted on twitter that BOTH of Etihad's daily services will now be 777-300's, not just 1 daily from 02JUN14
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LAX_LHR, it reverts back to an A330 for 2 weeks and then back to a 77W.
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Actually the one country that does cause a real problem for us business wise is Spain - they should be in the same timezone
Flying to Madrid and onto Badajoz as I regularly do takes me a full working day to complete !
Flying to Madrid and onto Badajoz as I regularly do takes me a full working day to complete !
The Spanish government is allegedly considering finally reverting to GMT.
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They may be considering, but the current Francoistic government is Madrid will never change to anything which could be considered to be British Time (i.e. GMT) 
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"Are yes a certain white haired loud mouth Dutch fascist - Named and excluded as a potential risk to public safety - using terrorism powers developed to prevent certain Irish persons entering the mainland"
Hmm, I didnt realise the UK government had the power to stop Irish citizens entering continental Europe.... ;-)
"I also laugh when one reads elsewhere that some "usually Americans" want to work taxi fly overnight across world go straight to another desk/presentation finish taxi back to airport and fly off again .
Its madness !
Agreed. A.net Myth.
Hmm, I didnt realise the UK government had the power to stop Irish citizens entering continental Europe.... ;-)
"I also laugh when one reads elsewhere that some "usually Americans" want to work taxi fly overnight across world go straight to another desk/presentation finish taxi back to airport and fly off again .
Its madness !
Agreed. A.net Myth.
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Summer 2014 schedule is out and makes for very interesting reading especially the routes from Thomas Cook and Thomson, some new destinations which have not been announced yet? Genoa being one of them.
Airport Coordination Limited - Reports/Statistics - Manchester Airport
Airport Coordination Limited - Reports/Statistics - Manchester Airport
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This is the Genoa schedule for all UK airports:
TCX 2356 A321 THOMAS COOK UK MAN-GOA ETA GOA 0905
TOM 4338 B752 THOMSON UK LGW-GOA ETA GOA 0920
TOM 2376 B752 THOMSON UK MAN-GOA ETA GOA 0940
TOM 2392 B752 THOMSON UK MAN-GOA ETA GOA 0950
TOM 2354 B752 THOMSON UK MAN-GOA ETA GOA 1000
TOM 7384 B752 THOMSON UK BHX-GOA ETA GOA 1020
TCX 1436 B753 THOMAS COOK UK LGW-GOA ETA GOA 1045
TCX 3246 A321 THOMAS COOK UK GLA-GOA ETA GOA 1700
4 Genoa flights every Wednesday from MAN.
Also Monastir listed as a new destination for TCX? This is addition to Enfidha? And Venice too.
For Monarch also, Malta is mentioned as a new destination although can't find any times etc
TCX 2356 A321 THOMAS COOK UK MAN-GOA ETA GOA 0905
TOM 4338 B752 THOMSON UK LGW-GOA ETA GOA 0920
TOM 2376 B752 THOMSON UK MAN-GOA ETA GOA 0940
TOM 2392 B752 THOMSON UK MAN-GOA ETA GOA 0950
TOM 2354 B752 THOMSON UK MAN-GOA ETA GOA 1000
TOM 7384 B752 THOMSON UK BHX-GOA ETA GOA 1020
TCX 1436 B753 THOMAS COOK UK LGW-GOA ETA GOA 1045
TCX 3246 A321 THOMAS COOK UK GLA-GOA ETA GOA 1700
4 Genoa flights every Wednesday from MAN.
Also Monastir listed as a new destination for TCX? This is addition to Enfidha? And Venice too.
For Monarch also, Malta is mentioned as a new destination although can't find any times etc
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There seems to be a few articles on the interweb that Lufthansa will increase Manchester capacity by 11% this summer compared to last, however, I honestly can't see where this 11% comes from as MUC seems to be 2xA320 and 1xA319 per day and Frankfurt 2xA321, 1xA320 and 1xA319 per day on most weeks. This is almost identical to last summer.
Given they gave up Stuttgart and handed Hamburg and Dusseldorf to Germanwings (also worth noting DUS is down from 4 per day to 3 per day), where this 11% increase manifests its self from, I have no idea as one would assume that to counter the reductions and come out with 11% increase on the other side, there would be quite a noticeable increase in flights/capacity somewhere, but I just don't see it.
For 11% increase I would have expected all 4 FRA flights to be A321's and MUC all A320's at the very least.
Very confused.
Given they gave up Stuttgart and handed Hamburg and Dusseldorf to Germanwings (also worth noting DUS is down from 4 per day to 3 per day), where this 11% increase manifests its self from, I have no idea as one would assume that to counter the reductions and come out with 11% increase on the other side, there would be quite a noticeable increase in flights/capacity somewhere, but I just don't see it.
For 11% increase I would have expected all 4 FRA flights to be A321's and MUC all A320's at the very least.
Very confused.