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Well here we are sat in Barbados....comfortable trip on the BA777, what no BA International at Manchester?. Thats because we had to fly from LGW, not just us but 16 people in my immediate family and friends.
I see this as a continueing trend care of the lack of competition at MAN. with prices between 5k-7.5K to fly in economy on Virgin {Early Dec prices}. We and the 16 others elected to drive and fly from LGW, with an average price of between £1600- 2K for 2 in premium, whereas this is a huge hike on the old TCX cost{ 1100 for 2 in premium} it is way cheaper than being ripped off at MAN. So the point is if this is just my immediate friends/family how many others are doing the same and pushing down MAN numbers, its already £799 with TUI seat only at the end of Jan next year per person shoe boxed in to a 787. I can see more long trips dahn sarf this year.
I see this as a continueing trend care of the lack of competition at MAN. with prices between 5k-7.5K to fly in economy on Virgin {Early Dec prices}. We and the 16 others elected to drive and fly from LGW, with an average price of between £1600- 2K for 2 in premium, whereas this is a huge hike on the old TCX cost{ 1100 for 2 in premium} it is way cheaper than being ripped off at MAN. So the point is if this is just my immediate friends/family how many others are doing the same and pushing down MAN numbers, its already £799 with TUI seat only at the end of Jan next year per person shoe boxed in to a 787. I can see more long trips dahn sarf this year.
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zfw - Nice place to be this time of year. I think it very unlikely BA will consider MAN for operating long haul in the foreseeable future. LHR and LGW are their main bases with the B777. I recently experienced a long haul "holiday" B777 flight from LGW booked as a BA holiday package (included hotel). The cost was excellent when compared with other options and no complaints about the flight comfort/service etc. They had recently upgraded the aircraft cabin and IFE. I haven't flown Virgin or TUI for a very long time so can't compare. I trust the drive to/from LGW was smooth !
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That said, it is usually cheaper to book a package holiday with them than flight only as this is their target market being the airline for a tour operator.
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I go Barbados tomorrow. I'd never even look at any other price but MAN. Rather pay a premium for a 15 min trip to the airport than an awful slog to LGW and back. No thanks. Now where's me Speedo's...
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Manchester Statistics - November 2019
Introduction
No new destinations were included in November.
Million passenger routes (Rolling annual figures)
Amsterdam - 1,062,610 passengers
The following domestic statistics are missing from the CAA report for November.
Glasgow whose total passengers, in 2018, totaled 4,176
Moving monthly and annual figures - based on MAG statistics
Manchester Airport's November statistics
Top 25 destinations - by passenger numbers
Top destinations with highest percentage increase.
Figures for the European and long-haul destinations that I consider to be the main points for our connecting traffic.
Istanbul figures are affected by the start of the Pegasus service to Sabiha Gokcen airport. The combined figures for both airports gives an increase of 50.5% over the same month last year.
Comparison of top 29 destinations - November 2009 versus November 2019
Major changes to Domestic traffic
Introduction
No new destinations were included in November.
Million passenger routes (Rolling annual figures)
Amsterdam - 1,062,610 passengers
The following domestic statistics are missing from the CAA report for November.
Glasgow whose total passengers, in 2018, totaled 4,176
Moving monthly and annual figures - based on MAG statistics
Manchester Airport's November statistics
Top 25 destinations - by passenger numbers
Top destinations with highest percentage increase.
Figures for the European and long-haul destinations that I consider to be the main points for our connecting traffic.
Istanbul figures are affected by the start of the Pegasus service to Sabiha Gokcen airport. The combined figures for both airports gives an increase of 50.5% over the same month last year.
Comparison of top 29 destinations - November 2009 versus November 2019
Major changes to Domestic traffic
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Shall we have a sweepstake on this..."
RUMOUR: BRITISH AIRWAYS LAUNCHING MANCHESTER LONG HAUL FLIGHTS?
https://www.godsavethepoints.com/rum...FAuCO4Or9ujoDIJoin Date: Oct 2019
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So this is my view on it:
1) All the Thomas Cook Slots have been allocated to other operators.
2) MAN already struggle with stands, the amount of times we’ve seen long haul aircraft arrive and wait in taxiways in the early morning.
3) If BA do start Ops from MAN this effectively takes away business from their London Ops. - and taking pax from the Shuttle Services that connect ex LHR.
4) They already have so many different crew on so many contracts, to which they will already be trying to streamline, for example the World and Euro Fleets at LHR they’ll be wanting to streamline into Mixed Fleet in the future. Adding a so called ‘Manchester Fleet’ could add to the multitude of contracts they have. Although I suspect if it does happen, it would be a Mixed Fleet contract.
I believe crew used to operate LHR-JFK-MAN-JFK-LHR when BA had Ops out of MAN, and so this could be brought back to stop the need to add another ‘fleet’ should they start Ops. For longer range flights I suspect they could dead head crew from London.
5) LHR and LGW both have a multitude of airlines to codeshare with and both airports have BA shorthaul flights to connect onto. MAN just has a small handful to which customers could connect on to. Remember AA are OneWorld and their JFK and ORD isn’t operating now.
6) If this was to happen this would be direct competition for Virgin, so expect JFK/LAX and possibly LAS and maybe some Caribbean, but wouldn’t expect a massive route map ie. China and the Far East, to which BA only operate 1 daily frequency to some destinations, as Far East passengers prefer to travel with local based carriers.
Would be good to see though!
1) All the Thomas Cook Slots have been allocated to other operators.
2) MAN already struggle with stands, the amount of times we’ve seen long haul aircraft arrive and wait in taxiways in the early morning.
3) If BA do start Ops from MAN this effectively takes away business from their London Ops. - and taking pax from the Shuttle Services that connect ex LHR.
4) They already have so many different crew on so many contracts, to which they will already be trying to streamline, for example the World and Euro Fleets at LHR they’ll be wanting to streamline into Mixed Fleet in the future. Adding a so called ‘Manchester Fleet’ could add to the multitude of contracts they have. Although I suspect if it does happen, it would be a Mixed Fleet contract.
I believe crew used to operate LHR-JFK-MAN-JFK-LHR when BA had Ops out of MAN, and so this could be brought back to stop the need to add another ‘fleet’ should they start Ops. For longer range flights I suspect they could dead head crew from London.
5) LHR and LGW both have a multitude of airlines to codeshare with and both airports have BA shorthaul flights to connect onto. MAN just has a small handful to which customers could connect on to. Remember AA are OneWorld and their JFK and ORD isn’t operating now.
6) If this was to happen this would be direct competition for Virgin, so expect JFK/LAX and possibly LAS and maybe some Caribbean, but wouldn’t expect a massive route map ie. China and the Far East, to which BA only operate 1 daily frequency to some destinations, as Far East passengers prefer to travel with local based carriers.
Would be good to see though!
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I think LEVEL would be a better fit, a couple of A330 and a few A320/321 aircraft and you could have a nice fit, but not Many People know LEVEL.
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Flyerguy...
TCX had how many based at MAN ? I think they were 7 330's or more, not to mention 320/321's. They have not all been replaced yet by VS / LS etc and it shows at T1 aswell, so there’s room for a few Dreamliners doing one flight a day each.
I don’t disagree it would be (if anything even comes of this rumour) routes similar to TCX / VS, but more capacity is needed on such routes as MCO / BGI etc in the absence of TCX...you only need to check the prices to confirm !! This type of route wouldnt effect LHR shuttle / connections - as BA obviously fly such destinations ex LGW, where MAN folk find it a tad tricky to get to. I see any pax BA carried ex MAN IF this ever happens as being new pax to them, and not really stolen from LHR or LGW.
TCX had how many based at MAN ? I think they were 7 330's or more, not to mention 320/321's. They have not all been replaced yet by VS / LS etc and it shows at T1 aswell, so there’s room for a few Dreamliners doing one flight a day each.
I don’t disagree it would be (if anything even comes of this rumour) routes similar to TCX / VS, but more capacity is needed on such routes as MCO / BGI etc in the absence of TCX...you only need to check the prices to confirm !! This type of route wouldnt effect LHR shuttle / connections - as BA obviously fly such destinations ex LGW, where MAN folk find it a tad tricky to get to. I see any pax BA carried ex MAN IF this ever happens as being new pax to them, and not really stolen from LHR or LGW.
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Really?
Here's my view on it - BA operate from T3. T3 is full - totally.
People who spend money on long-haul flights want an airport experience that T3 can never deliver. The BA lounge is good but the rest is Ryanair standard.
And 'Level' ? WTF is that? Another joke name like Vooling,,,may as well call it Nose-Dive
Here's my view on it - BA operate from T3. T3 is full - totally.
People who spend money on long-haul flights want an airport experience that T3 can never deliver. The BA lounge is good but the rest is Ryanair standard.
And 'Level' ? WTF is that? Another joke name like Vooling,,,may as well call it Nose-Dive
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Suspect there is a degree of embellishment in that blog post to get clicks. BA has talked about possibly returning to the regions with the A321LR. BA simply does not have the spare aircraft to run 787 flights out of MAN. BA has had a good run launching new TATL routes from LHR from the 787 so why get in a fight for yield at MAN?
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MAN prices are through the roof from the day TCX disappeared. Some routes are 2 or 3 times more than from London. Virgin must be loving it with very high loads and able to charge what they want. Somebody may want some of that pie, or want to stop VIR having 100% of it.
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Is single runway OPS normal for Sunday afternoons? Colleague on MAN-DUS from T2 - 35 minutes from pushback T2 to take off- awful lot of fuel & time wasted queuing at what is a medium regional airport but with unused assets (?)