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Don't know what days you are searching but I just checked leaving MAN 5th June returning 11th June and have the following return options in Economy:
AA £421
TCX £379
UA £420
DL £654
PE is
VS £758
DL £858
Guess it is where you look and what dates, no need to panic yet.
AA £421
TCX £379
UA £420
DL £654
PE is
VS £758
DL £858
Guess it is where you look and what dates, no need to panic yet.
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Fares: Those are more like it. On checking your dates I came up with £529 on the Virgin website for economy. However, returning on the Friday, it still shows £1,335 for economy. Maybe that is already a busy flight.
Out of interest pwalhx, where did you get those fares from. United's web site came up with £687 economy for your 5th/11th dates and still £1,236 for the 5th/9th despite the flight being wide open in all classes.
Out of interest pwalhx, where did you get those fares from. United's web site came up with £687 economy for your 5th/11th dates and still £1,236 for the 5th/9th despite the flight being wide open in all classes.
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Picked up on another forum and investigated, Hainan increase to 5 weekly from 1st May, new flight on Thursdays.
Showing into June on HU website timetable but GDS suggests a permanent increase.
Showing into June on HU website timetable but GDS suggests a permanent increase.
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Absolutely. If there is space for all three at 5x weekly (despite competition from the MEB3) it is a short hop to go daily. Perhaps also scope for future routes when the Brexit dust settles down.
US market fragile (?)
http://https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/travel/2017/feb/28/us-tourism-experiences-a-trump-slump
Aside from the plummeting £, the timing for all these new US services could not be worse.
TCX have invested heavily in US ops, but maybe they shouldn't be putting all their eggs in one basket?
Aside from the plummeting £, the timing for all these new US services could not be worse.
TCX have invested heavily in US ops, but maybe they shouldn't be putting all their eggs in one basket?
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I think the difficulty with the falling £ will be harder felt by airlines relying on UK point of sale.
Airlines with partners in the US will be able to focus sales and promotional activity stateside to encourage more inbound bookings.
Airlines with partners in the US will be able to focus sales and promotional activity stateside to encourage more inbound bookings.
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UK manager for Oman Air has publicly stated that Manchester flights are selling very well.
He says May/June are the low season, so slightly lower loads as expected. However, July/August so far selling 'fantastically well' and ahead of expectation.
He says May/June are the low season, so slightly lower loads as expected. However, July/August so far selling 'fantastically well' and ahead of expectation.
Some nice figures out for Feb 11.4%
Traffic Statistics | Manchester Airport
Very quick this month yet January still not on website
Traffic Statistics | Manchester Airport
Very quick this month yet January still not on website
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1,659,843 pax, now rolling 26,029,213 for the year. 27 million should be more than doable this year and would thus mean 10 million passengers added in the last 10 years.
The important cargo marker still going well, up 10.84% to over 115,000 tonnes.
Interesting tidbit, private movements were 711, exactly the same as Feb 2016, bet they couldn't do that again.
The important cargo marker still going well, up 10.84% to over 115,000 tonnes.
Interesting tidbit, private movements were 711, exactly the same as Feb 2016, bet they couldn't do that again.
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Feb. 2016 was a leap year was it not, so 1 day less this year. On average, that is 3.4% less days but the impact may depend on which day of the week the extra day was last year. Probably puts the effective pax increase at 14-15%.
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2017 Traffic
Yes, February 2016 had an extra day and so it looks like the underlying growth trend is 13-14%. Strong. At 26Mppa already, the rest of 2017 needs only single-digit growth to get close to 28M. MAN is adjusting to playing in a Man's game, and it is breathtaking. From less than 18M in 2010 to a likely 30+M by the end of this decade, that's a change of gauge. There is now a noticeable spreading of the peaks, it is no longer all over by 11.00am. ATC will need to be handy with single-runway operations this summer in the mid-day period.
As for SQ's traffic, worry not. From what I have seen the figures look good on SIN and picking up on IAH. I would go as far as to say the route is sustained by MAN, with a traffic split roughly 50% SIN-MAN and vv, 25% MAN-IAH and vv, and just about 25% between SIN-IAH and vv.
As for SQ's traffic, worry not. From what I have seen the figures look good on SIN and picking up on IAH. I would go as far as to say the route is sustained by MAN, with a traffic split roughly 50% SIN-MAN and vv, 25% MAN-IAH and vv, and just about 25% between SIN-IAH and vv.
Much more emphasis on letting passengers inbound know about Manchester in the US is required.
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The Ryanair flights from MAN to FRA are now on their website. Looks like they are using a Frankfurt based aircraft to operate in and out of MAN mid afternoon.
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US Promotion of MAN routes
There is much much more to do though....
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SirHumphrey
You're preaching to the converted on this site. Perhaps you'd be better posting on a US website and telling them of our attributes. You could always apply for a job as a Geography teacher in the good old USA. LOL!!
You're preaching to the converted on this site. Perhaps you'd be better posting on a US website and telling them of our attributes. You could always apply for a job as a Geography teacher in the good old USA. LOL!!