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The whole Cathay business fell apart because of BMI, :mad:

The BD issues were one big factor in this but by no means the only ones...:ugh:

And if CX had tried it through anywhere other than Russia, it would have helped too :(

Suzeman

Routing of the Oasis flights as shown in HKG-Airport Schedule is:
HKG-DUS-MAN-HKG.
Dep. in HKG at 0.30 hrs and arrival back in HKG at 12.30 hrs.

Air Asia X - no to MAN?

Found the article below on UK Airport News.

Looks like the Air Asia X flights will eventually go to STN. :{

Will they start sponsoring Leyton Orient instead ? :E

Suzeman

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Malaysian no-frills airline Air Asia X has delayed the start of its UK flights from the Autumn to the end of the year, but promised return fares to Kuala Lumpur from £300 once it is running. The airline has had difficulty securing suitable Airbus A340 aircraft to operate the route, but still plans to launch by Christmas.

Chief executive Azran Osman-Rani said the airline’s low operating costs would allow it to offer market-beating fares of £300 return including taxes and charges. He said: ‘It is something we are prepared to not make money on at today’s oil prices because if we establish the London link, we will get a whole suite of new travellers.’

The carrier’s arrival in the UK will be backed by a huge marketing campaign stressing the connections from Kuala Lumpur. Air Asia X offers Australia’s Gold Coast and Hangzhou, about 100 miles from Shanghai, while sister brand Air Asia flies to more than 40 destinations across Asia.

Passengers will have to buy food onboard Air Asia X, and Mr Osman-Rani said customers who pre-ordered would pay around £8 for a meal with drinks.

The airline looks certain to choose Stansted as its UK entry point (as indicated by the 'London link' comment in the statement above). Mr Osman-Rani admitted Stansted would be the logical choice, adding ‘we are a logical company.'

Air Asia X, in which Sir Richard Branson has a 16% investment, will offer seat-back videos in economy and Mr Osman-Rani said the carrier also planned to offer inflight wi-fi. A premium economy section, priced between £900 and £1000 return, will offer flatbed seats with a 50-inch seat pitch, but passengers will still have to buy food.

(My bold/underline)

They sponsor the PGMOL aswell who are based at Lancaster House, Soho Sq.:ok:

O8 have the green light at MAN, bookings open soon I am told. Days of week as mentioned up to daily as service develops then direct as appropriate. Great news.

Well, 1 out of 2 aint bad! Just hope that Air Asia X see that potential of MAN services sometime in the near future. I know for a fact that the board are working extremely hard behind the scenes to get more long haul services to the airport. Unfortunately much of the hard work isn't being paid off. However over the next year I would expect NW to start DTW and also Thai to start BKK, as from recent meetings these airlines have shown the most interest in operating out of the airport.

With regards to the Polish routes, LOT are looking at re-introducing MAN-WAW. As for the other routes, it could be a while before we see these on the departure boards again. bmibaby have no spare aircraft for the Summer season & all has gone very quiet with FR lately.

Firstly thanks to Roverman for his informative and diplomatic reply to the issues raised about Link JB and the timing of other developments. Methinks that you should offer your services to BA at T5 who haven't been doing so well at PR and diplomacy in the last week !! ;)

Fly ZB

Thanks also for your informative posts.

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I know for a fact that the board are working extremely hard behind the scenes to get more long haul services to the airport.

I would have thought that it is the MA sales people who are doing the hard work? I wouldn't have thought a Company Board would be involved in the detail of this, only a broad strategy? :confused:

Anyway whoever it is, let's wish them good luck. It is good to hear that there have been productive meetings with TG and NW although these developments seem to have been "next year" for several years now.:eek:

Suzeman

and also Thai to start BKK

Please God, let us have at least one proper long haul full service carrier starting...

Oasis = No chance of CX
Air Asia X = No chance of MH*

*I believe their recent decision to start a twice weekly LGW service instead of coming back to MAN has been queried by a few TA's.

Manchester fuel shortage?

Any comments on following NOTAM?

AGA : Q)EGTT/QFUXX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/5321N00216W005
FROM 08/04/02 16:04 TO 08/04/05 17:00 A1007/08
E) FUEL SUPPLY JET A1 DISRUPTED. AIRPORT EXPERIENCING STOCK SHORTAGE
ALL AIRLINES REQUESTED TO MAXIMISE TANKERING

Fuel Shortage at MAN

Aparrently possible contamination at Stanlow resulting in problems supplying the field. All airlines requested to tanker inbound. Further update from airport tomorrow (Friday) at Noon.

All seemed to cope OK today, but question is how long before the tanks run dry??:\

Hi Flyzb i know youve not mentioned anything about fed ex do you have any info on the airline expanding out of man

Fuel Problems @ MAN

Further update from the airport says no change to the problems however, hoping to have fuel pumping to the field by midnight tonight.

There was no fuel delivered yesterday via pipeline.

I can't find the flights anymore on the HKG website. Was this an April fool?

I would imagine that these were O8 slot requests that had been uploaded on to the website in error.
Hope i'm wrong though.

Anybody got any early indications of what loads are like on their new non-Irish routes at MAN?

Interested to see how Bremen does..... remember the very short lived OLT service anyone?! Still, I guess FR have slick advertising on their side :ok:

An excellent start by all accounts, GRO almost macced out already and MRS no far behind. BRE also strong.

I reckon FR would only had to have operated a maximum of 3 services to Bremen to have carried more passengers than OLT did.

Oasis seems to close down: No reservations are taken anymore.
A.net has also some comments to this.
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/3925897/

Yep, gone into liquidation. Surprised to hear as they were supposedly doing well.

Oh well. Come in CX (please), your number is up...:)

You do wonder why an airline in finacial straights wanted to splash out a lot of cash in launching new routes?
Anyway, MAN-HGK seems doomed to remain best via FRA, well you wouldn't wanna chance T5 would you?