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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.
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.
It's easier to land in Newcastle when your destination is London, than it is to land in Hong Kong when your destination is Guangzhou.
Agreed with the comment that China Southern would work better but unclear the domestic politics of that.
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A quick Google search reveals that there are high speed trains from Hong Kong to Guangzhou that take less than an hour meanwhile the fastest trains from Newcastle to London are around 3 hours. How did you come to that conclusion?
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There's a fairly long border control process (the queue stretched for about half a km when I was in Hong Kong) that you'd want to leave plenty of time for. However, you can get a ferry to the mainland from Hong Kong airport without entering Hong Kong via the SkyPier.
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There's also a transfer from HKIA to Kowloon allowing time for the connection.
I've done it on the old train in about 5 hours so I guess you could do it on the new one in about 4.
Not dissimilar to landing in Newcastle to get to London.
Of course the airfare to HKG would probably be rather higher, so you would likely be paying a pretty penny to insert a fairly complex additional transit.
Not great for people who would want to save money, people with small children, people with lots of luggage, people in a hurry or those wanting to maximise predictability.
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Indeed and to state the obvious, to use the high speed train route you have to clear Hong Kong immigration twice.
There's also a transfer from HKIA to Kowloon allowing time for the connection.
I've done it on the old train in about 5 hours so I guess you could do it on the new one in about 4.
Not dissimilar to landing in Newcastle to get to London.
Of course the airfare to HKG would probably be rather higher, so you would likely be paying a pretty penny to insert a fairly complex additional transit.
Not great for people who would want to save money, people with small children, people with lots of luggage, people in a hurry or those wanting to maximise predictability.
There's also a transfer from HKIA to Kowloon allowing time for the connection.
I've done it on the old train in about 5 hours so I guess you could do it on the new one in about 4.
Not dissimilar to landing in Newcastle to get to London.
Of course the airfare to HKG would probably be rather higher, so you would likely be paying a pretty penny to insert a fairly complex additional transit.
Not great for people who would want to save money, people with small children, people with lots of luggage, people in a hurry or those wanting to maximise predictability.
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Manchester City pre-season tour flight cancelled due to being refused airspace. Apparently a Thomas Cook admin error. A costly one at that. Does anyone know how that could happen?
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...elled-16581159
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Manchester City pre-season tour flight cancelled due to being refused airspace. Apparently a Thomas Cook admin error. A costly one at that. Does anyone know how that could happen?
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...elled-16581159
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With Thomas Cook Sport being the travel agent/charter broker for Man City, the responsibility for planning the flight with all the various permissions and overflight clearances will usually rest with the operator, which is Aeronexus.
I suspect the error may actually rest with Aeronexus.
I suspect the error may actually rest with Aeronexus.
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With Thomas Cook Sport being the travel agent/charter broker for Man City, the responsibility for planning the flight with all the various permissions and overflight clearances will usually rest with the operator, which is Aeronexus.
I suspect the error may actually rest with Aeronexus.
I suspect the error may actually rest with Aeronexus.
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Well the Aero Nexus 767 ZS-NEX only made it as far as Abu Dhabi yesterday. The team then picked up an Etihad jet to fly to Shanghai or Nanjing. The Nexus jet obviously failed to get clearance to fly through Chinese airspace. Man City are due to play in Nanjing on Wednesday evening.
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Escalators, Lifts and Travellators
Since this is now in the public domain I thought I would post this which is taken from the Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Manchester Airport Consultative Committee meeting on 12th April 2019
Members had also expressed disappointment that no permanent fix was imminent for the leaking roof over the Skylink and that the walkways were difficult to repair as they were old and it was hard to obtain replacement parts.
Brad Miller explained that both of these issues had also been raised by airlines. The walkways were also of non standard design which meant parts were difficult to source. Both items would be part of a medium – long term review but there would be no immediate fix.
I had separately written to the Chief Operating Officer and the following is part of the response received:
"As you are aware, the majority of the travellators at Manchester Airport, are aging assets which, need maintaining on a more regular basis. We are currently revising the holding for long lead time items with a view to minimising asset downtime. This review extends beyond the Skylink and covers all lifts, escalator and travellator assets with any stock being held on site at Manchester.
The elevators closest to the GTI have been out of action due to exceptional circumstances. Both lifts in this area were out of service due to a local power station being flooded, which affected the power supply. Whilst one of the elevators was reinstated very quickly the other suffered a power board failure during the outage, and I am happy to report that this lift has now subsequently been returned to service."
Hopefully we will see improvements over the coming months - although this will not be a quick fix.
These out of service escalators and travellators require replacement of core drive components which have a long non-UK manufacture lead time.
These assets form part of a remediation plan that is now live and will span from June-October 2019. Our facilities management team are continually addressing the leak issue within the Skylink area however, until all leaks are identified, and the areas repaired, the capturing of water will remain in the interest of passenger and visitor safety. Whilst we appreciate the appearance may not be appealing on the eye it is only a temporary measure and is being constantly reviewed.
Members had also expressed disappointment that no permanent fix was imminent for the leaking roof over the Skylink and that the walkways were difficult to repair as they were old and it was hard to obtain replacement parts.
Brad Miller explained that both of these issues had also been raised by airlines. The walkways were also of non standard design which meant parts were difficult to source. Both items would be part of a medium – long term review but there would be no immediate fix.
I had separately written to the Chief Operating Officer and the following is part of the response received:
"As you are aware, the majority of the travellators at Manchester Airport, are aging assets which, need maintaining on a more regular basis. We are currently revising the holding for long lead time items with a view to minimising asset downtime. This review extends beyond the Skylink and covers all lifts, escalator and travellator assets with any stock being held on site at Manchester.
The elevators closest to the GTI have been out of action due to exceptional circumstances. Both lifts in this area were out of service due to a local power station being flooded, which affected the power supply. Whilst one of the elevators was reinstated very quickly the other suffered a power board failure during the outage, and I am happy to report that this lift has now subsequently been returned to service."
Hopefully we will see improvements over the coming months - although this will not be a quick fix.
These out of service escalators and travellators require replacement of core drive components which have a long non-UK manufacture lead time.
These assets form part of a remediation plan that is now live and will span from June-October 2019. Our facilities management team are continually addressing the leak issue within the Skylink area however, until all leaks are identified, and the areas repaired, the capturing of water will remain in the interest of passenger and visitor safety. Whilst we appreciate the appearance may not be appealing on the eye it is only a temporary measure and is being constantly reviewed.
