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Vueling have increased BCN-MAN to 8 weekly for August and 1st week of Sept:
VY8748 BCN 1210 MAN 1345
VY8749 MAN 1425 BCN 1745
Daily
VY8758 BCN 1820 MAN 1955
VY8759 MAN 2040 BCN 2359
Monday’s
Confirmed and bookable.
VY8748 BCN 1210 MAN 1345
VY8749 MAN 1425 BCN 1745
Daily
VY8758 BCN 1820 MAN 1955
VY8759 MAN 2040 BCN 2359
Monday’s
Confirmed and bookable.
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Gatwick is in the frame but the CEO has also stated he is looking away from London too. It could be that Gatwick is getting a transit flight (suggested by someone) and MAN a stand alone flight, likely to be 2-3 weekly initially I’d imagine.
Bad press re queues to get through T1 security
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...elays-14418601
Frustrated passengers say they have been queuing for 90 minutes in the departures hall at Manchester Airport .
There are currently long delays affecting check-in desks and security in the Terminal One section of the airport.
A spokeswoman for Manchester Airport said it is unclear why there are long queues today, but explained T1 is busy with passengers this morning.
There are currently long delays affecting check-in desks and security in the Terminal One section of the airport.
A spokeswoman for Manchester Airport said it is unclear why there are long queues today, but explained T1 is busy with passengers this morning.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...elays-14418601
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Bad press re queues to get through T1 security
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...elays-14418601
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...elays-14418601
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More to do with the fact that they've put the T1 staff in a car park that's basically in Styal, on a route that has again been subject to massive delays of late, and now apparently a lack of resilience in the bus operation when something goes wrong.
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All of this fairly predictable to the average citizen never mind people who are paid well to manage risk and to avoid such eventualities.
On another matter.....to those out there who still think business class demand is weak in the regions....I'm off on a trip on Monday. I got the last seat in business on the outbound. For the return, I've been wait-listed in business for the last two weeks and face a long haul trip in economy if something doesn't free up.
So this particular airline is faced with a client wanting to give it more money for comfort but not being able to....hmmm
On another matter.....to those out there who still think business class demand is weak in the regions....I'm off on a trip on Monday. I got the last seat in business on the outbound. For the return, I've been wait-listed in business for the last two weeks and face a long haul trip in economy if something doesn't free up.
So this particular airline is faced with a client wanting to give it more money for comfort but not being able to....hmmm
FF is right, the terminal should not grind to a halt for the want of a contingency in the staff buses.
If there was a decent bus network in the local area, many would forgo the staff car park hassle- sadly the public bus network continues to contract and for many, it is worse than it was 40 years ago.
If there was a decent bus network in the local area, many would forgo the staff car park hassle- sadly the public bus network continues to contract and for many, it is worse than it was 40 years ago.
I dropped the car off, went into the terminal at ground level arrivals, went up to departures, walked through the regular security lanes and went into the departure lounge. Whilst in security, in a text conversation with my wife, we both understood the other to be in security but could not see each other. It was only an hour later that I realised she had been refused entry to the regular security, but had to go through the ground level lanes, despite being next to the entrance to main security at the EZY bag drop.
Still don't know why she was refused and I was permitted?
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They open and close the upper security depending on how many people are queueing. I went through last Monday just as they re-opened the regular security (about 11:30am). I was in FastTrack, and the queues were quite long for the standard security.
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It’s annoying that people now have to pay, but I also agree that something needs to be done about the traffic around the site. Came off a flight at 11pm the other day, and the roads around the airport were gridlocked. (Granted I know that is to do with all the roadworks but still).
Also, it doesn’t help that people sit in the drop off lanes waiting to pick up, and then as Tricia says, just circling the site when moved on only to come back again (mostly taxi drivers doing this but I’m not going to go into the poor driving standards of cab drivers lately).
Once again it seems the minority have ruined it for the majority.
Also, it doesn’t help that people sit in the drop off lanes waiting to pick up, and then as Tricia says, just circling the site when moved on only to come back again (mostly taxi drivers doing this but I’m not going to go into the poor driving standards of cab drivers lately).
Once again it seems the minority have ruined it for the majority.
Its just very poor planning by MAG. All the roadworks at once have changed so many routes that SatNavs can't keep up. The number of people that are driving around totally lost is staggering. The road signs are dreadful and confusing. I get stopped by stressed and lost drivers nearly every day as I walk into work.
This is just money grabbing to hide the problem.
This is just money grabbing to hide the problem.
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There probably is an element of money grabbing but traffic management is needed, as said, the people hogging the free pick up lanes and circling the site to avoid the fees are not lost.
I actually quite like the idea of the remote and free pick up/drop off. If it helps remove some traffic from the CTA then go for it.
As for the money grabbing, with £1bn (scrap that, I mean £750m) being spent on the terminal, the effort to claw back money was going to begin somewhere.
I actually quite like the idea of the remote and free pick up/drop off. If it helps remove some traffic from the CTA then go for it.
As for the money grabbing, with £1bn (scrap that, I mean £750m) being spent on the terminal, the effort to claw back money was going to begin somewhere.
I can see the remote drop-off area turning to chaos within days - I will bet real money that queues will build up as, inevitably, MAG will manage to provide too few busses and passengers will resort to getting as close as possible and then walking.....
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Bad form.
Just one further reason for me to try to avoid business trips by air as much as possible. Skype and WhatsApp can take care of a surprising amount of things these days The entire flying experience is just torture now.
Avoid the whole horrible place where ever possible.
Just one further reason for me to try to avoid business trips by air as much as possible. Skype and WhatsApp can take care of a surprising amount of things these days The entire flying experience is just torture now.
Avoid the whole horrible place where ever possible.
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In particular, the airport requires a much faster and more reliable method of getting people from remote car parks to the terminal buildings. Bussed solutions do not cut it at it stands now, and certainly won't if the airport has genuine aspirations of growing beyond 30-35 million annual passengers.
Obviously better (faster, cleaner, more reliable and comfortable) public transport so as to encourage a greater percentage of airport journeys helps, but people use the car far more outside of London so I'm not sure this is a realistic aspiration without massive investment and generational changes in behaviour.
In the short term, the apparent value engineering of the TP appears to continue apace. When all is said and done, it will be interesting to trace this process back through the various design iterations - but that's a subject for another day!