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Manchester business news and reviews from the Manchester Evening News team.
Nice headline grabber in the M E N.
Let's hope they are not all going to start coming in via DUB
Nice headline grabber in the M E N.
Let's hope they are not all going to start coming in via DUB
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Liverpool Airport @LPL_Airport
Did you know that you can now book your flight to Abu Dhabi from Liverpool? Well you do now! Enjoy great fares on flights and holidays from the UK to the world - Etihad.com
Did you know that you can now book your flight to Abu Dhabi from Liverpool? Well you do now! Enjoy great fares on flights and holidays from the UK to the world - Etihad.com
Northern power house.....
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= LPL - AMS - AUH
Northern power house.....
Northern power house.....
With the code share with flybe, I guess EY has to show the LPL connection via AMS.
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MANFOD. I wasn't aware that you could fly from Liverpool to Manchester, and thus connect to AUH !
I am of course being facetious for which I apologise, but that would explain why Liverpool do market that connection LPL - AMS - AUH that way and good on them for doing so if it helps with their own PAX figures, as they'd be daft not to.
As for recognising the existence of MAN, I think they are reminded of that on a daily basis, so who can blame them?
I am of course being facetious for which I apologise, but that would explain why Liverpool do market that connection LPL - AMS - AUH that way and good on them for doing so if it helps with their own PAX figures, as they'd be daft not to.
As for recognising the existence of MAN, I think they are reminded of that on a daily basis, so who can blame them?
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I am of course being facetious for which I apologise, but that would explain why Liverpool do market that connection LPL - AMS - AUH that way and good on them for doing so if it helps with their own PAX figures, as they'd be daft not to.
My comment about not acknowledging MAN was in a more general context of the Northern Powerhouse that betablockeruk referred to. If it's a concept that is going to work, I feel it somehow has to strike a balance between an understanding of the strengths of the other cities involved, co-operation where possible but at the same time each city and region maximising its own potential. Not easy to achieve I admit.
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Liverpool is right to promote what business it can, but let's look at this objectively.
The LPL option is twice as long as the MAN direct flight, more expensive, and indirect to AUH on what is already likely to be an onward journey from AUH anyway given its what Etihad do, I honestly don't see MAN loosing any sleep, do you?
Let's not get worked up over what is effectively a non-issue.
The LPL option is twice as long as the MAN direct flight, more expensive, and indirect to AUH on what is already likely to be an onward journey from AUH anyway given its what Etihad do, I honestly don't see MAN loosing any sleep, do you?
Let's not get worked up over what is effectively a non-issue.
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Talked to some of the crew on Monday nights flight at the bar, and nobody was aware of any issues about the Man flight being unpopular with EK crew, quite the reverse in fact. However they did say as a city compared with others on the 380 network Man was not as good as say Sydney or New York for example. But other than that they did not mind this route one bit (sample was culled from 3 stewardess,s and 1nr steward none of whom were UK born).
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Talked to some of the crew on Monday nights flight at the bar, and nobody was aware of any issues about the Man flight being unpopular with EK crew, quite the reverse in fact. However they did say as a city compared with others on the 380 network Man was not as good as say Sydney or New York for example. But other than that they did not mind this route one bit (sample was culled from 3 stewardess,s and 1nr steward none of whom were UK born).
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The LPL option is twice as long as the MAN direct flight, more expensive, and indirect to AUH on what is already likely to be an onward journey from AUH anyway given its what Etihad do, I honestly don't see MAN loosing any sleep, do you?
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Beterblocker,
It may seem unhelpful, but, they may unwittingly help our flight out as a consequence.
Look at it this way, when someone looks at the LPL-AUH offering and sees the times/prices, they may well think 'sod that', but, they may also think, 'I wonder if MAN has any better flight times?', and then stumble on the direct options, and go for that flight?
It may seem unhelpful, but, they may unwittingly help our flight out as a consequence.
Look at it this way, when someone looks at the LPL-AUH offering and sees the times/prices, they may well think 'sod that', but, they may also think, 'I wonder if MAN has any better flight times?', and then stumble on the direct options, and go for that flight?
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Sure why not close all airport's from Birmingham (including it) up North and force passengers to be funneled into MAN......prospective is needed this will not see a mass move from MAN-AUH but an additional options which may appeal to a few.
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It's good to see the increased frequencies from Icelandair. Is there any particular significance about Feb/Mar for them to go daily LAX? And is it still 5 x weekly for next summer?
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Interesting article from Flight Global on Norwegian
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On the subject of Norwegian, after a long period of stagnation, they are expanding Manchester ops.
Stockholm moves to 4 per week, with a new Thursday and Sunday flight that arrives at 0850.
Oslo gains a 4th weekly flight on Sunday evenings.
The flights can only be booked as part of connections thus far, so, there may well be more to come.
Overall, Norwegian is 10 weekly over 3 destinations.
On the subject of Norwegian, after a long period of stagnation, they are expanding Manchester ops.
Stockholm moves to 4 per week, with a new Thursday and Sunday flight that arrives at 0850.
Oslo gains a 4th weekly flight on Sunday evenings.
The flights can only be booked as part of connections thus far, so, there may well be more to come.
Overall, Norwegian is 10 weekly over 3 destinations.
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Data from Flightglobal's schedules specialist Innovata shows that Norwegian is already among the leading group of airlines using single-aisles on long-haul routes. Speaking to Flightglobal at the Future of Air Transport conference in London on 30 November, the budget carrier's chief executive Bjorn Kjos outlined plans to use the re-engined narrowbody for new services from Europe to "secondary airports on the transatlantic [market]".
The UK city of Manchester is a "very interesting area, especially if you think about India", says Kjos. He suggests that the Max could be used to start flights to the USA from both Manchester and another UK city, Birmingham – a widebody being "too big" for such services.
The UK city of Manchester is a "very interesting area, especially if you think about India", says Kjos. He suggests that the Max could be used to start flights to the USA from both Manchester and another UK city, Birmingham – a widebody being "too big" for such services.