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Not sure its LAXs fault that ;
Flynas pulled out
AA are pulling Chicago for 3 months....
and if rumours are true USAir switching CLT to Heathrow
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If you feel that strongly try tweeting the airport !
While you are at it ask them why, if you go to THEIR website "Book flights" and put in
Manchester - USA
Direct
Dep 14/8 retn 21 /8
You can ONLY input country
...the website falls on its @@@@, sorry I mean backside !
Try going to the
Destinations - Want 2 Go There Interactive map
choose Country View all, Airport View Chicago.....
Nothing happens !
OK try the map
Choose Chicago website stops sits there "loading"
Toronto - same
Washington -same
Reykavik -same
Now lets try the Go West page
Manchester Airport : Fly-Manchester-West
Choose Chicago
Explore Now
Airlines Book Now takes you to AA site...fine
But try Chicago 7 night 19/9 £839....falls on its @@@@ AGAIN
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At that point I gave up, Im trying to book a flight not test coding !
Quite frankly I'm of the opinion they deserve what they get.
Who is managing this output, its actually embarrassing !
If the CEO sees this he s/b apoplectic ..........AGAIN !
If the airport is seemingly unable to direct passengers to its OWN flights on its OWN web page quite frankly what hope do we have ?
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Good News - Highways agency tweeted earlier today M56 closed weekend see web site !
Maybe somebody alerted them....?
Bad News 6 hours later as at 1700 as the "Witching Hour" approaches .....no reference (as far as I can see) anywhere to M56
Not on front page, news page, breaking news or planned ?
Flynas pulled out
AA are pulling Chicago for 3 months....
and if rumours are true USAir switching CLT to Heathrow
-----------------------------------------------------------
If you feel that strongly try tweeting the airport !
While you are at it ask them why, if you go to THEIR website "Book flights" and put in
Manchester - USA
Direct
Dep 14/8 retn 21 /8
You can ONLY input country
...the website falls on its @@@@, sorry I mean backside !
Try going to the
Destinations - Want 2 Go There Interactive map
choose Country View all, Airport View Chicago.....
Nothing happens !
OK try the map
Choose Chicago website stops sits there "loading"
Toronto - same
Washington -same
Reykavik -same
Now lets try the Go West page
Manchester Airport : Fly-Manchester-West
Choose Chicago
Explore Now
Airlines Book Now takes you to AA site...fine
But try Chicago 7 night 19/9 £839....falls on its @@@@ AGAIN
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At that point I gave up, Im trying to book a flight not test coding !
Quite frankly I'm of the opinion they deserve what they get.
Who is managing this output, its actually embarrassing !
If the CEO sees this he s/b apoplectic ..........AGAIN !
If the airport is seemingly unable to direct passengers to its OWN flights on its OWN web page quite frankly what hope do we have ?
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Good News - Highways agency tweeted earlier today M56 closed weekend see web site !
Maybe somebody alerted them....?
Bad News 6 hours later as at 1700 as the "Witching Hour" approaches .....no reference (as far as I can see) anywhere to M56
Not on front page, news page, breaking news or planned ?
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Bagso, I think you may have browser problems. The various links work fine for me, even on an iPad which isn't always stable. Both the airportdirecttravel and AA.com links work, and give price quotes.
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Take your point Basil.
I'm on windows 7 using latest IE
Don't have any other problems so know idea !
I have two more laptops so will try on them.
Maybe others can give a go.........?
I'm on windows 7 using latest IE
Don't have any other problems so know idea !
I have two more laptops so will try on them.
Maybe others can give a go.........?
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I am gob smacked at the timing of this closure by the Highways Agency. The bridge has been in place for 40 years, it is not in immediate danger of collapse, this could have been timed for later in the year without causing any problem to the development of airport city (which is why we are told the bridge replacement is necessary).
To carry out this work at this time on an airport link is diabolicle bad timing. However much advertising has been done it will cause chaos and it is completely unnecessary.
It is all well and good saying that traffic flow will be reduced over the weekend, not a working day. However this is an exit route from the North West to North Wales it is just as busy at the weekends ... The closure at this time is ludicrous and unnecessary.
Highways Agency 0/10 ......
To carry out this work at this time on an airport link is diabolicle bad timing. However much advertising has been done it will cause chaos and it is completely unnecessary.
It is all well and good saying that traffic flow will be reduced over the weekend, not a working day. However this is an exit route from the North West to North Wales it is just as busy at the weekends ... The closure at this time is ludicrous and unnecessary.
Highways Agency 0/10 ......
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just looked at webcam for m56 at Hale and all flowing smoothly
but if you look at traffic camera for J5 you can see how work is coming on
BBC - Travel News - Manchester : Traffic Jam Cameras
Ian
but if you look at traffic camera for J5 you can see how work is coming on
BBC - Travel News - Manchester : Traffic Jam Cameras
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A new bridge has to be built, in Oct or Nov I think, and it'll be closed for a little longer, and this type of work is rarely carried out in the midst of winter.
As Ian says, traffic is flowing, people are getting to MAN pretty easily, and again this is all very much fuss for nothing. Before you know it it will be open again.
Did anyone watch regional news last night on TV ? Fairly lengthy reports on both main channels about it.
As Ian says, traffic is flowing, people are getting to MAN pretty easily, and again this is all very much fuss for nothing. Before you know it it will be open again.
Did anyone watch regional news last night on TV ? Fairly lengthy reports on both main channels about it.
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You say about not doing it in August but if you do it at any other time you're going to impact on commuters in and out of Manchester as well as travellers at MAN. There's no perfect time for doing it but this weekend is as good as any in my opinion.
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MANFOD this was due to a separate problem as there there was a very serious accident nr Hale involving a car and a bus on one of the diversion routes and caused a delay coming off motorway (looking at picture lucky nobody killed as bus is a write off by looks.
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With the colossal interest in the Manchester United, City and dare I say it Liverpool games in the US , i'm reminded again that no organisations in Manchester where we have the airport have seen fit to make any promotion of visiting a game over here.
To me at least it seems an incredible missed opportunity.
Never mind a 39th game over there Manchester as a City , Manchester City, Football Museum, Hotel Football etc AND the Airport s/b be pushing to get these fans over here on 4 day packages.
Given the size of the US it would not take much to get a few hundred fans a week on our flights to Manchester !
It just needs relevant parties to organize themselves.
Again the impetus is utterly non existent !
Is there no organisation in the NWest with any vision able to pull all the relative strands together ?
To me at least it seems an incredible missed opportunity.
Never mind a 39th game over there Manchester as a City , Manchester City, Football Museum, Hotel Football etc AND the Airport s/b be pushing to get these fans over here on 4 day packages.
Given the size of the US it would not take much to get a few hundred fans a week on our flights to Manchester !
It just needs relevant parties to organize themselves.
Again the impetus is utterly non existent !
Is there no organisation in the NWest with any vision able to pull all the relative strands together ?
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Is there no organisation in the NWest with any vision able to pull all the relative strands together ?
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RUTANKRD, Was it a Freudian slip or did you intentionally write "fiends" instead of "friends"?? A good point you make though. It's fair to say Boris carries some clout, except perhaps when it comes to building new airports.
Ah, you've corrected it!
Ah, you've corrected it!
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I can assure there are many many 'non locals' at Old Trafford every week, from all over the world. The inherent problem would be getting match tickets, not the easiest thing to do.
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So the answer is more politicians? Are you serious? You had a look at the current thought and actually went "Smashing, more please!"
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has no clout, delegates everything meaningful and plots. He is an entertainer and journalist with no credible record of notable achievement in public office. I say that as someone who voted for him. If more of that sort of malarkey is your answer, then your question is ill defined. People don't want more snouts in the trough pond life climbing aboard the public sector gravy train, and rightly so.
What Boris does have is Eton connections via "Call me Dave", similar to "son of Harman", "son of Straw" and God help us, "son of Bliar"! Don't encourage them.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has no clout, delegates everything meaningful and plots. He is an entertainer and journalist with no credible record of notable achievement in public office. I say that as someone who voted for him. If more of that sort of malarkey is your answer, then your question is ill defined. People don't want more snouts in the trough pond life climbing aboard the public sector gravy train, and rightly so.
What Boris does have is Eton connections via "Call me Dave", similar to "son of Harman", "son of Straw" and God help us, "son of Bliar"! Don't encourage them.
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Skip we have been here before.
Actually I would sooner fewer and larger regional assemblies than the hopeless and amateur system of local government we have today.
As for Boris through agree with you and I didn't vote for him or Ken the clown !
Actually I would sooner fewer and larger regional assemblies than the hopeless and amateur system of local government we have today.
As for Boris through agree with you and I didn't vote for him or Ken the clown !
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If anyone is thinking of bringing their budding aviators to the MAN Aviation Viewing Park this August. Be aware- they have chosen the school holidays to close the AVP cafe / restaurant / shelter for refurb.
I understand closed until Sept 5th (ish)
I understand closed until Sept 5th (ish)
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That will be because it is absolutely rammed with school trips during term time. Daft as it sounds it is probably not as busy during school holidays. Less staff are needed during this time anyway, so my last statement sort makes sense if you look at staffing levels.
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Skip, I think the issue regarding politicians is whether MAN could make more use of them as part of its armoury, be it MPs, Councilors, Mayors or whatever.
As a relative youngster compared with some of us, you may not be so familiar with how the late Sir Gil Thompson helped to make his mark as CEO at MAN in the 1980's. He got local MPs on his side to lobby parliament and had a team who regularly met with civil servants from the Dept. of Transport to help raise MAN's profile and apply pressure on matters such as the vexed question of bilaterals. It was slow progress and must have been frustrating at times, but I suspect a number on here would agree it paid dividends. Business leaders were also co-opted to press Manchester's cause. What would have happened to MAN's development had those links not been established is a matter of conjecture but some would argue they were an important cog in the marketing wheel.
That was 25-30 years ago. Have politicians changed and would that sort of lobbying be as effective now? Don't know, but if it's not happening, maybe it's worth a try.
As a relative youngster compared with some of us, you may not be so familiar with how the late Sir Gil Thompson helped to make his mark as CEO at MAN in the 1980's. He got local MPs on his side to lobby parliament and had a team who regularly met with civil servants from the Dept. of Transport to help raise MAN's profile and apply pressure on matters such as the vexed question of bilaterals. It was slow progress and must have been frustrating at times, but I suspect a number on here would agree it paid dividends. Business leaders were also co-opted to press Manchester's cause. What would have happened to MAN's development had those links not been established is a matter of conjecture but some would argue they were an important cog in the marketing wheel.
That was 25-30 years ago. Have politicians changed and would that sort of lobbying be as effective now? Don't know, but if it's not happening, maybe it's worth a try.
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Gil Thomson and Alf Morris were a working partnership, and regrettable his niece the Baroness of Yardsley doesn't seem so inclined towards our City !
Todays lobbying is of a differing magnitude however far more open to external scrutiny at every opportunity.
Things change not always for the better !
Todays lobbying is of a differing magnitude however far more open to external scrutiny at every opportunity.
Things change not always for the better !