Manchester-2

[RB Thruster]

Originally Posted by Scottie Dog

I presume you are referring to Ryanair then I agree with your comment. You must also remember that the route is well served by Lufthansa and there is no way that I can see them closing the route.

yes, but the price of the Lufthansa flights is outrageous compared to Ryanair. So it’s going to be Schönefeld to Luton, EMA or MAN for me next year, all of which mean heading up to Berlin the night before!

[chaps1954]

If Ryanair are dropping MAN to FRA there must be a reason, either not making any money or maybe had a fallout with one of the airport ( not Manchester as they are still expanding )

[Rutan16]

If you are working in the state of Thuringia especially in the eastern areas crossing over the boarder to Prague may well give better fares and frequencies if you are on a strict budget !

[Scottie Dog]

Ooops an error has crept into my initial load-factor file for April and May. There was an extra TCX flight to JFK that I had not noticed and also I had missed a formula for YVR. I think I should say that this data is 'work in progress'

[Scottie Dog]

Update #98 courtesy of the MANTP Team to whom I give full credit:

Part 1

[Scottie Dog]

Part 2

[GrahamK]

New routes from easyJet
Verona 2 x weekly year round
Hurghada and Rovaniemi 2 x weekly winter only

[Habana2118]

Who has taken the Premier handling contracts if they are no longer trading ?

[The96er]

Originally Posted by Habana2118

Who has taken the Premier handling contracts if they are no longer trading ?

Menzies - Loganair
Stobart - Aurigny / Eurowings
Swissport - EL AL
Aviator - Titan

[spannersatcx]

heard that the apron concrete on 110 is breaking up, TUI was stopped taxiing onto stand due metal reinforcing rods sticking out of the concrete!

[BHX5DME]

Winter 19/20 Slots

Movements +1.8%

Seats + 4.1%

[EZYMAN]

Slot information for W19

Alitalia Daily LIN
SpiceJet BOM
Lauda Motion RIX
Anisec (Level) SZG
https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/up...ion-Report.pdf

[AndrewH52]

Originally Posted by EZYMAN

Slot information for W19

Alitalia Daily LIN
SpiceJet BOM
Lauda Motion RIX
Anisec (Level) SZG
https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/up...ion-Report.pdf

Presumably Lauda would operate instead of Ryanair on Riga? Can’t see both airlines on the route.

[Ex Cargo Clown]

Originally Posted by Nostoodian

If this is the case then is the MAN - PEK service even profitable and sustainable using an A330-300? It would seem a 787-900 daily service would be a much better fit as others have said. It seems like a strange decision by Hainan not to change equipment on the route. The route can't be doing that bad as Hainan was thinking of starting a 3 x daily Guangzhou route not long ago. Checking through multiple dates later in the year, economy fares seemed quite cheap so yield could be quite low. Then again there's plenty of competition from other airlines as you can fly to Beijing indirect for £350 return on certain months later in autumn. Maybe Hainan knows something we don't. With the Virgin takeover of Flybe and possible Thomas Cook long haul in the future, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that Virgin could take on a Chinese route like Beijing with the opening of Daxing International. They already serve Shanghai from Heathrow. Does Virgin have any codeshares with Chinese Airlines?

I believe the PEK yields are not brilliant but sustainable.

CAN I think would be commercial suicide unless heavily subsidised. No real market, too close to HKG plus it would make CX rather unhappy.

As for the last question (may have been answered not seen the rest of the thread). Pretty sure CA operate a codeshare with VS on LHR-PEK.

[Suzeman]

Originally Posted by spannersatcx

heard that the apron concrete on 110 is breaking up, TUI was stopped taxiing onto stand due metal reinforcing rods sticking out of the concrete!

Blimey - that sounds like a major defect.

Good job someone was on the ball whilst preparing the stand for the arrival.

[Nostoodian]

Originally Posted by Ex Cargo Clown

I believe the PEK yields are not brilliant but sustainable.

CAN I think would be commercial suicide unless heavily subsidised. No real market, too close to HKG plus it would make CX rather unhappy.

As for the last question (may have been answered not seen the rest of the thread). Pretty sure CA operate a codeshare with VS on LHR-PEK.

I think Hainan should maybe leave Guangzhou well alone like you say. China Southern would be the best fit for Guangzhou offering splendid connectivity to the rest of China. I'd like to see Hainan offer a service a few days a week to their hub in Xian, but as FFman alluded to, non Chinese passengers have lost interest in their product. Xian - Beijing is a very popular Tourist route.

[Scottie Dog]

Originally Posted by Suzeman

Blimey - that sounds like a major defect.

Good job someone was on the ball whilst preparing the stand for the arrival.

As has been said it's good to know that somebody was keeping their eyes open. I'm just slightly surprised that there has been no OAN or NOTAM issued to show that the stand is closed for repairs?

[MANworker]

Can’t believe they’ve not repaired stand 110 from last week when a TUI was held off stand and stand changed due to the same issues. There’s 2/3 rods just off centre line and a big chunk of concrete missing further down the stand

[spannersatcx]

Originally Posted by MANworker

Can’t believe they’ve not repaired stand 110 from last week when a TUI was held off stand and stand changed due to the same issues. There’s 2/3 rods just off centre line and a big chunk of concrete missing further down the stand

it may well be the same one I was told of?

[BHX5DME]

MAN over 29m pax

https://mediacentre.magairports.com/...he-first-time/