One has been operating for BA at LGW.

mufc4ever

Some of the Asian airlines have already been and gone at MAN, relatively recent examples that spring to mind are Malaysian, Air India and a few "oddball" carriers serving the Indian market like Uzbekistan through Tashkent and Turkmenistan through Ashgabat. Like many routes from MAN they may have operated with good load factors at times but yields were ultimately poor, especially in Malaysian's case. There have been rumours here and there about Air India retuning one day but so far nothing has come to fruition.

Thai have said MAN is on their "list" for expansion which is good news, but unfortunately they've been saying it for years which isn't so good as still no service.

As for BMI.... who knows?! Rumours on here suggest a big expansion at MAN might be on the cards but I'd be pleasantly surprised if it were to be anything other than more Baby flights to Europe or some additional stuff by Regional.

Jett8
 

Bad news. Very strong rumour Jett8 are pulling out. Can't get the uplift into MAN to make it worthwhile.

Part of the UK economic downturn???

accman:(

Jett8
 

ACCMAN you just beat me to it. I have heard exactly the same - sad news but cargo has been good for some time and hopefully will continue upward as the economy improves.

On the subject of Bmi anouncements, my source had heard nothing - and he is in a position that should know. Be interesting if anything does come about.

DL's JFK rotation to go daily this summer and into next winter with 752W.

Afternoon Scottie.

Do you know something that the government and all these highly paid bankers don't? :}

Bad news of course if it is true about Jett8, but then getting loads going east has always been a problem, especially in recent years as we don't actually produce much goods in UK nowadays......

Suzeman

Suzeman - obviously you are having a few days away from the grindstone at the moment!!

Maybe I should have used the word 'when', rather than 'as' the economy improves.

Just wish I was paid the same as ministers and bankers!!

Time for another pint sometime to mull over the affairs of the world??

Regards

Scottie Dog

MAN iris recognition rollout
 

So, it would appear that anyone who wishes to work airside at Manchester is going to have to register and have their irises scanned for new recognition purposes. What are your thoughts about this, good or bad?

For. Helps to prevent imitation of someone else, but is that a big problem?

Against. Yet another 'big brother' step. Can MAplc be trusted to hold this data securely? Who will have access to it? Will it be accessible by any other 'officials' and will any individual suddenly find their personal data being added to some 'national' type database? We all know how secure they are..............

Comments?

PP

The Government are proposing to roll out Biometric national ID cards to aviation workers first. It is assumed that we are less likely to complain because we have so many ID cards as it is???:\ So iris scanning is the least of your worries.....:eek:
It's going to roll out to all airports sooner or later....Let us know how you get on.....

PP - The biometric data is held on the chip inside your ID card, so it's in your interest not to lose it. There is no central database for biometrics, so on renewal you'll be asked to scan your eyes again.

Nothing against the system PROVIDED that all airports use the same system and it will allow easier movement for workers between airports.

AccMan said Not true - I've had two replacement passes at MAN, one being a company change, one being a complete renewal, and I did not have to be re-scanned either time.

SQ
 

Re a posting on another thread.

SQ must be reducing or at least considering reducing winter flights as their timetable now shows the reduction

So much for Malaysian !!
 

:rolleyes:I see from another forum that Malaysian are starting a twice a week service to Gatwick with B777.

I don't think we'll ever see them back here at Man., as that's just the a/c they should have stuck with here.

Ah well, maybe Flybe could start with Dash 8's and progress up to E195's !!

Adola:{

Adola69, I said same as you in post 1786 on this thread. Bad news indeed. I was in Sabah last week at one of the big resort Hotels. As usual it was rammed with Brits, many of whom were closer to MAN than LHR but had to schlep down there to fly MH to BKI via KUL. A few I spoke to used to fly from MAN direct to KUL. I know holiday makers do not tend to equal big yield but this is MH's market anyway, and what they will be getting from LGW. I'm afraid the 'threat' of that bl**dy long haul LCC flying here will have put paid to the return of MH at MAN....

viscount702, see an earlier post on here for the SQ news. ;) One slight alteration is the new departure time is just 10 mins earlier at 0950 instead of the proposed 0920. They've also finally bowed to the complaints and dumped the Servisair lounge. :)

Wellington Bomber, thanks for the confirmation on the work. I thought an inbound slot restriction was strange.

Why anyone would want to use either lounge in T2 is a mystery to me. They are both an embarrassment to the world of Exec lounges.:eek:

Baby does Lis
 

Baby to LISbon now bookable from 17th June Tues & Sats.

According to Hudson Bay in a previous post...

BMI Baby
 

I trust that this is the starter with the main course to follow?

As I have stated before there is plenty of room in the schedule for new
routes or inceased frequencies.

BTW local BHX rumour is 3 new Baby routes tba in the next few weeks.

Pete

Maybe they will have some 'W' rotations to new destinations.

Is the BHX schedule full?