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Times for the flights:
9W130 BOM 0230 MAN 0755
9W129 MAN 0935 BOM 0040
Mon/Thu/Sat/Sun with A332 from 5th November.
taken a long time but finally got the elusive Indian link!
9W130 BOM 0230 MAN 0755
9W129 MAN 0935 BOM 0040
Mon/Thu/Sat/Sun with A332 from 5th November.
taken a long time but finally got the elusive Indian link!
Last edited by LAX_LHR; 18th May 2018 at 07:04. Reason: added flight numbers
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I can just see the confusion between Jet & Jet2 at MAN 
Even worse, both operate an A332 (granted LS's is leased)
Panic ensues (grabs the popcorn)
Two new long haul two lovely colour schemes and 1 more to go, be it Thai or Hainan both great schemes so much better than these eurowhite bland schemes
Manchester arrivals in the early morning are getting like a mini Heathrow with long haul after long haul and long may it continue.
Manchester arrivals in the early morning are getting like a mini Heathrow with long haul after long haul and long may it continue.
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Great work by the PR people to really push the news.
Amazing comments about Jet2/Jet Airways. Wow! I personally got confused with Thomas Cook and Thomson so they renamed the latter TUI UK just for me
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STAR ALLIANCE
Star Alliance are now building up a good network from MAN. Would it make sense, or even be feasible, for Star Alliance to operate from one terminal & to have their own decent Star Alliance shared lounge.?
Aegean, Adria, Air Canada (Rouge), Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Ethiopian, Lufthansa, SAS, Singapore, Swiss, TAP, Turkish, United ....and maybe even Thai.
ONE WORLD
Their presence is a little thinner with American, BA, Cathay, Qatar,Finnair & Iberia, would they not be better together also?
SKYTEAM
There is only Air France & KLM ( & Delta if they came back-Virgin are not in any alliance)
Long haul non aligned airlines: Emirates, Etihad, Hanain, Oman, PIA, Saudia & Jet Airways.
Is the TP an opportunity to bring these alliances together?
Certainly need to up their lounge offerings throughout the TP if they plan to sustain premium pax on these long haul services.
Star Alliance are now building up a good network from MAN. Would it make sense, or even be feasible, for Star Alliance to operate from one terminal & to have their own decent Star Alliance shared lounge.?
Aegean, Adria, Air Canada (Rouge), Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Ethiopian, Lufthansa, SAS, Singapore, Swiss, TAP, Turkish, United ....and maybe even Thai.
ONE WORLD
Their presence is a little thinner with American, BA, Cathay, Qatar,Finnair & Iberia, would they not be better together also?
SKYTEAM
There is only Air France & KLM ( & Delta if they came back-Virgin are not in any alliance)
Long haul non aligned airlines: Emirates, Etihad, Hanain, Oman, PIA, Saudia & Jet Airways.
Is the TP an opportunity to bring these alliances together?
Certainly need to up their lounge offerings throughout the TP if they plan to sustain premium pax on these long haul services.
STAR ALLIANCE
Star Alliance are now building up a good network from MAN. Would it make sense, or even be feasible, for Star Alliance to operate from one terminal & to have their own decent Star Alliance shared lounge.?
Aegean, Adria, Air Canada (Rouge), Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Ethiopian, Lufthansa, SAS, Singapore, Swiss, TAP, Turkish, United ....and maybe even Thai.
ONE WORLD
Their presence is a little thinner with American, BA, Cathay, Qatar,Finnair & Iberia, would they not be better together also?
SKYTEAM
There is only Air France & KLM ( & Delta if they came back-Virgin are not in any alliance)
Long haul non aligned airlines: Emirates, Etihad, Hanain, Oman, PIA, Saudia & Jet Airways.
Is the TP an opportunity to bring these alliances together?
Certainly need to up their lounge offerings throughout the TP if they plan to sustain premium pax on these long haul services.
Star Alliance are now building up a good network from MAN. Would it make sense, or even be feasible, for Star Alliance to operate from one terminal & to have their own decent Star Alliance shared lounge.?
Aegean, Adria, Air Canada (Rouge), Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Ethiopian, Lufthansa, SAS, Singapore, Swiss, TAP, Turkish, United ....and maybe even Thai.
ONE WORLD
Their presence is a little thinner with American, BA, Cathay, Qatar,Finnair & Iberia, would they not be better together also?
SKYTEAM
There is only Air France & KLM ( & Delta if they came back-Virgin are not in any alliance)
Long haul non aligned airlines: Emirates, Etihad, Hanain, Oman, PIA, Saudia & Jet Airways.
Is the TP an opportunity to bring these alliances together?
Certainly need to up their lounge offerings throughout the TP if they plan to sustain premium pax on these long haul services.
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STAR ALLIANCE
Star Alliance are now building up a good network from MAN. Would it make sense, or even be feasible, for Star Alliance to operate from one terminal & to have their own decent Star Alliance shared lounge.?
Aegean, Adria, Air Canada (Rouge), Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Ethiopian, Lufthansa, SAS, Singapore, Swiss, TAP, Turkish, United ....and maybe even Thai.
ONE WORLD
Their presence is a little thinner with American, BA, Cathay, Qatar,Finnair & Iberia, would they not be better together also?
SKYTEAM
There is only Air France & KLM ( & Delta if they came back-Virgin are not in any alliance)
Long haul non aligned airlines: Emirates, Etihad, Hanain, Oman, PIA, Saudia & Jet Airways.
Is the TP an opportunity to bring these alliances together?
Certainly need to up their lounge offerings throughout the TP if they plan to sustain premium pax on these long haul services.
Star Alliance are now building up a good network from MAN. Would it make sense, or even be feasible, for Star Alliance to operate from one terminal & to have their own decent Star Alliance shared lounge.?
Aegean, Adria, Air Canada (Rouge), Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Ethiopian, Lufthansa, SAS, Singapore, Swiss, TAP, Turkish, United ....and maybe even Thai.
ONE WORLD
Their presence is a little thinner with American, BA, Cathay, Qatar,Finnair & Iberia, would they not be better together also?
SKYTEAM
There is only Air France & KLM ( & Delta if they came back-Virgin are not in any alliance)
Long haul non aligned airlines: Emirates, Etihad, Hanain, Oman, PIA, Saudia & Jet Airways.
Is the TP an opportunity to bring these alliances together?
Certainly need to up their lounge offerings throughout the TP if they plan to sustain premium pax on these long haul services.
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Got back from CUN yesterday after our ninth trip to the Riviera Maya. The place is Britsville now
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Taken yesterday on my monthly walk-about of the MAN-TP project.
General view, as always, across from the top of T1 multi-storey car park with Pier 1 in the background.
Now to the top level of T2 car park with the new car park growing larger with each day. To the left is part of the T2 extension.
T2 extension is getting wider.
And it now has floors and other structures within it.
There is still room for the extension to gain depth as it does not yet match the old building.
The size the extension is starting to become apparent in this shot.
There is still possibly a little space for the extension to expand to its right as there is apparently a road to run between it and the new car park. In the background can be seen the link connector from Pier 1.
A walk down beyond the car park extension allows this view with the Terminal extension directly in front. To the right is the link connector between Pier 1 and the terminal.
Not a lot has changed since I photographed this view last month. There is however an idea of size when look at the workers on the nearest Node.
Similar to an earlier view, but with a better idea of the length of the link connector.
Looking across from the Staff West car park towards the end of Pier 1, with new taxiway Lima concrete in the foreground.
This was my final photo - before a 'jobsworth' told me that photography was not allowed due to security. This will be taken up in the hope that I will gain official approval for future visits.
General view, as always, across from the top of T1 multi-storey car park with Pier 1 in the background.
Now to the top level of T2 car park with the new car park growing larger with each day. To the left is part of the T2 extension.
T2 extension is getting wider.
And it now has floors and other structures within it.
There is still room for the extension to gain depth as it does not yet match the old building.
The size the extension is starting to become apparent in this shot.
There is still possibly a little space for the extension to expand to its right as there is apparently a road to run between it and the new car park. In the background can be seen the link connector from Pier 1.
A walk down beyond the car park extension allows this view with the Terminal extension directly in front. To the right is the link connector between Pier 1 and the terminal.
Not a lot has changed since I photographed this view last month. There is however an idea of size when look at the workers on the nearest Node.
Similar to an earlier view, but with a better idea of the length of the link connector.
Looking across from the Staff West car park towards the end of Pier 1, with new taxiway Lima concrete in the foreground.
This was my final photo - before a 'jobsworth' told me that photography was not allowed due to security. This will be taken up in the hope that I will gain official approval for future visits.
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Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways has said MAN-BOM will go daily on 26th March, and that due to bilateral restrictions on DEL-LHR, they will also launch MAN-DEL in the near future. He also said MAN-ATQ could also be considered in the future too.
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Just back from my first experience with Thomas Cook long-haul and I have to say it's really good value for money. This was a business / leisure trip to the West Coast MAN-LAX-MAN, outbound in Y class and back in PE. Both flights appeared to be full, certainly there were no spare seats in PE coming home overnight. It's also clear that this route is not just being used by UK-originating holidaymakers. There were plenty of Americans on board, and people making connections at MAN. Ground staff were calling out pax connecting on to Malpensa. What surprises me is that this route is so seasonal given the above. It has only just resumed for summer 18 and yet was sold out. I can't believe that the demand can just switch on at the start of May and off again in October. Surely it could run year-round and at a higher frequency in summer.
It's a shame that MT seem to have dropped JFK back to 6 weekly next summer in favour of a second CUN on Tuesday. JFK has been really strong and has a higher frequency this coming winter than last, so doesn't seem to make sense to reduce even slightly next summer, unless there are obligations to the in-house holiday arm.
It's a shame that MT seem to have dropped JFK back to 6 weekly next summer in favour of a second CUN on Tuesday. JFK has been really strong and has a higher frequency this coming winter than last, so doesn't seem to make sense to reduce even slightly next summer, unless there are obligations to the in-house holiday arm.
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roverman. Good to read your positive comments about MT to the west coast of the US.
In terms of summer 2019 and frequency to JFK, are you sure the TCX schedules have been finalised and loaded yet?
The reason I ask is that on their long haul timetable BOS & SEA don't appear. In fact, there are only 38 weekly L/H flights which would mean 6 based A332s not fully occupied. I was under the impression it would be at least 7 a/c.
In terms of summer 2019 and frequency to JFK, are you sure the TCX schedules have been finalised and loaded yet?
The reason I ask is that on their long haul timetable BOS & SEA don't appear. In fact, there are only 38 weekly L/H flights which would mean 6 based A332s not fully occupied. I was under the impression it would be at least 7 a/c.
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roverman. Good to read your positive comments about MT to the west coast of the US.
In terms of summer 2019 and frequency to JFK, are you sure the TCX schedules have been finalised and loaded yet?
The reason I ask is that on their long haul timetable BOS & SEA don't appear. In fact, there are only 38 weekly L/H flights which would mean 6 based A332s not fully occupied. I was under the impression it would be at least 7 a/c.
In terms of summer 2019 and frequency to JFK, are you sure the TCX schedules have been finalised and loaded yet?
The reason I ask is that on their long haul timetable BOS & SEA don't appear. In fact, there are only 38 weekly L/H flights which would mean 6 based A332s not fully occupied. I was under the impression it would be at least 7 a/c.
