bozzy et al,
A long time ago before T3 was built, I saw a set of plans fot T3's extension...up to the railway line. MA plc OWN the car parks..surprise,surprise. AFAIK, they also own a lot of land south of the runways. Stand 100 [drive thru] is now in use, and the Staff West [85/86 etc {I think} stands are in use for towed a/c.
watp,iktch

oh so do you reckon they will start building an extension of t3. but why would they expand t3 when most of the flights out of there are ba short haul. i thought man wants to encourage more long haul routes.

t3 will get alot more busier now that gb are there, and they are expanding alot at manchester. i know they are going to bring a second aircraft in for october, as i am going to cc for them, up here in man

i would love for manchester to have another terminal.

i didnt realise man had that much land

The extension would be to accomadate the A380's at the moment i dont think Manchester has any gate's or stands that will.

manchester has more land than you can shake a stick at they own a lot of land that is leased out to farmers west and south of the airfield.
they will start bulding work on extending T2 around the end of september. and rumorur has it that staff west and the carpark at the end of T2 will be going within 18 months

:ok: rampman

Apparently there are two stands - one each on T2 and T3 - that can currently physically accommodate an A380, but passenger access would have to be by the lower deck only. Not ideal, to say the least.

Of course, there's bags of apron space to park an A380 remotely, but the same passenger-loading issues would exist - compounded by the need to bus the passengers out to the aircraft.

Why don't they relocate the cargo centre and put a terminal there. The is already the stands and fuel hydrant line in place. Seems a waste of apron.

Caslance

I didn't think a 380 could fit between C pier and the Apron Safety Unit

Three terminals, two runways 15m pax
LGW, Two terminals, one runway, 30m+ pax

Why T4?

:confused:

7006 fan...little out on your numbers...by about 40% !!

MAN has just passed 21M ;-)

Terminals are not all the same size you know, T3 at MAN is a fraction of the size of either of the 2 terminals at LGW - it is really part of T1.

7006 fan
 

Sorry - you forgot to add these
factors into your equation:


BAA (with plenty of Humbug!!!)

Bilateral stitch-up

This huge 'chip' on my shoulder!

MM

Is there to be a big announcement this week regarding a new long haul service from Manchester..??

Oooops,
I stand corrected gentlemen. Please accept my sincerest..
But is does sound flash; three terminals

:O

Mikeyuk you need to get your facts straight, what is being knocked down has nothing whatsoever to do with the Males Garage site.

Scottie, MAplc have not even started talking to Males Garage re. the land, let alone demolishing the back!

What are the extension plans for T3
I`ve heard a couple of things but is it just going to be a longer frontage or is it a pier where you can park on either side?

G-I-B

Comon Vuelo spill the beans - your post is designed for someone to ask this question - your dying to tell us !!

ANZ possibly ?

ANW

I was just repeating what one of the Gods that works for MAPLC told me.

Since C pier was on T1 the last time I checked and in my posting I mentioned stands on T2 and T3, I'm a bit puzzled as to the relevance of this. :confused:

In terms of clearance, the shortest distance between the C pier "satellite" and the Apron Safety Unit on the Western perimeter is roughly 300m - a little more than the full length of C pier itself.

Even with a B777-300 (length 73.9m) parked on stand 31, there would still be ample clearance.

The A380 is big (wingspan 79.6m) but it's not that big....

I've heard that the Jet2 check-in area is to move location and that Monarch is to take their place in the Ground Level Departures area. Aparently they are building a new check-in hall above the Ground Level Departures area with work commencing in 29AUG05.

Well more check in desks are needed desparately at T1!

I say why don't they move some other airlines lke Monarh or BMI/BMIbaby to T3 and free up some space? It is obvious that T3 is nowhere near operating to capacity. Do BA have some kind of legal claim over T3, in that they will not share it with other operators otside of oneworld?

T3 in a morning can be heaving, there is no way another carrier that was to want to check in all day could checkin in there. The baggage system in there is not the best either. Also you have the issues of stands as all are occupied in the early morning and the fact that BA helped fund the terminal so why would they want anyone else in there outside of oneworld.