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On a email from man airport received today, under new routes it list Jet2
Man - Brussels.,not showing on Jet2 web site, any ideas from anybody. Regards Peak P |
I saw that peakp and my guess is it is a typo, as immediately below it mentions Brussels airlines and the two have become mixed. So somebody didnt proof read properly imho.
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How is the security search area in T1 coming along? Last time I looked, the building looked the same from the outside, with no first floor extension, but the MYT entrance was closed. Tell me they're not putting it in on a mezzanine floor over and inside the original part of the hall? Headroom?!?!?!?!
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How many aircraft does Jet2 have based at Manchester now?
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As a slight aside, is anyone else here cheesed off with Manchesters policy on collecting pax?
I went to pick the wife up last night and it cost me £1.80 for 20 mins. Once upon a time I would have waited nearby and about the time she should come out have driven up. can't do this now. Manchester claim it is lowering carbon emmisions (seems to be the latest buzz word) but could it be more to do with revenue, and lots of it? I am thinking about a petition on the No10 website about it, anyone care to join me as MAN are taking the preverbial over this. Is it the only airport where you can't have 5 mins to collect a passenger? |
Jet2 currently has 3 737's and 2 757's with two wet lease a/c one of witch is been replaced by our own a/c at the end of the month.
Due to the shortage of a/c within the company a/c are borrowed off LBA and EDI to fill any gaps. ( you may see G-CELP being used with the Chanx decals) At the weekend MAN uses a extra 757 and two 737's, There summer program has not fully go into action yet so the number of a/c based at MAN will increase for the summer. |
Cumulogranite
You are obviously not a regular user of the airport. The new system was introduced last November at Terminal 1 and early this year at Terminal 2.
If you do not wish to support the airport with a £1.80 donation, you can always pick up outside the departures hall. |
CUMULOGRANITE has a perfectly valid point. There's no need to reply with abuse.
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Cumulogranite......I haven't yet had the misfortune of having to collect anyone up from any of MAN's terminals in the past 6 months. Myself and most of my family members to and fro between Manchester and Geneva, which means at the moment that we have to use LPL.:rolleyes:
I've been supporting MAN religiously all my adult life and I'm now of the opinion that if they want to play silly beggers with their users (and owners i.e. me) then I'm now happy enough to use the competition. I think arranging to collect people from the departures levels is perfectly reasonable, or even the train station. I would, if only I could. |
Pick pax up from departures is a good idea, if it wasn't for Manchester putting out more cones than can be found on the nearby M60 roadworks to stop you, and traffic wardens that move you on after 10 seconds. It isn't about being a grumpy old fart, it is about having the **** taken out of me, and everyone else that collects there. This exercise must make MAN the biggest part of 1/2 million a year, for a service that is free at every other airport I have ever been to, including LHR.
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JONGEMAN
In a free market you are able to choose either,so if you use LPL instead of MAN you do so on the cost basis. Depending where you live (ofcourse) have you costed the two together to see which is most economic? (Travel to and from etc). The last time I was at LPL I noticed that they had cut the FREE parking time down from 20 mins to 10 mins and Im sure that you had to pay in the drop-off zone or be moved on. I may be wrong but everyone is human. Do Easy fly GVA all year round or do they stop like Jet2? MM |
The last time I was at LPL I noticed that they had cut the FREE parking time down from 20 mins to 10 mins and Im sure that you had to pay in the drop-off zone or be moved on. Do Easy fly GVA all year round or do they stop like Jet2? |
MM - There are now no summer flights between MAN and GVA, with the possible exception of Saudia on Mon and Fri. I'm quite happy to use EZY at LPL, which is turning out to be a great airport.
Cumulogranite - I agree entirely. I'm wondering whether increasing public transport usage to and from MAN isn't in some ways linked to government funding of Metrolink, which has always been conditional on local authorities reducing congestion......or else. Who ever heard of an airport that you can't roll up and pick passengers up from? I may be wrong but MAN may well be unique in this. It's obscene, and I will always try and find a way round it just out of sheer bloody mindedness. |
DWLPL
Thanks for clearing that up for me! How much do you have to pay for 11 minutes if you loose track of time - ? JONGEMAN I agree with you that LPL is a great little airport, but I dont agree with doing something out of 'sheer bloody mindedness' if it means travelling an extra 30 miles to save £1-80. We are lucky to have two decent airports within easy (no pun intended!) reach. MM |
I thought that the 10 mins free was usually more trouble than it was worth. Especially in T1 where you had to fight your way through parked cars blocking every which way and by the time you had managed to waive up and down the endless rows to get to the barrier, you were in a state of panick coz the 10 minutes was very nearly up!
I hardly think that £1.80 is breaking the bank and you'll find that most people will be quite happy to pay it, providing they only use the facility once or twice a year. For more regular users I can understand, at least on principle, why they would have issues with it. It has to be said that having worked at the airport for a number of years, I have noticed that the majority of people who complain about charges are the ones that turn up stupidly and unnecessarily early. Meeters turn up in the arrivals hall hours before the flight is due in and then moan about car park charges. Similarly in departures, it is the people that checkin 4 hours before their flight that whine about expensive shops and bars. All airports are expensive places and the more time you spend in them, the more pennies you will spend! There is a simple solution to avoid the new pick up charges. Check the flight number on Teletext or on the airport website. Aim to arrive 30-45 minutes after the flight has landed (allowing time to taxi, disembark and collect baggage), ask the passengers to call or text you after they've cleared customs and then pick them up from the departures level where hopefully they'll be waiting for you, so you can move on quickly before the traffic wardens get to you. It's a little messy and not ideal but you if really want to avoid paying the £1.80, you can! |
MM
(How much after 11min) They wont tell you this but if your crafty enough you can put your ticket in the machine after 9 min and get an extra 10 min which is the allowance to get out of the car park. (usually it takes just 2mins if in the short stay park.) |
More rip off Britain! :mad:
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The airport also has a rather excellent text message service that tells you the status of departing and arriving flights. That was designed to allow picker uppers to arrive to collect "just in time".
The whole area outside arrivals (esp. T1) was always a mess. Lazy and mean picker uppers would clog it up circling rather than using any of the adjacent car parks (surface or multi). It was dangerous for pedestrians, and prevented emergency vehicles ever getting in or out quickly. Something needed to be done, and it has been. Fact is, there isn't enough space for all the cars that people would like to bring in. There is an excellent public transport hub right in the middle of the airport, plus a selection of taxi products (ok so the black cabs are a rip off), which arriving pax should make more use of. There is little need for many picker uppers to even drive in, in the first place. MA is using price and capacity management to allocate a scarce resource, just like the locos do, so what's the big deal? Free and easy drop off/pick up is a privilege, not a right. |
IB4138
Where exactly do all the 'little englanders' live.... MM |
Air Southwest is stopping the Newquay-Cardiff-MAN service in June. Cardiff Airport is seeking another operator for the route (shall we guess that Flybe will be the 1st airline they thing of?)
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If there were flight greeters turning up way too early then that is a problem with a specific group, and they should have been targeted, not everyone.
The issue with the parking charges is not just the principle or the £1.80. It is the hassle of having to drive into a car park, then queue up to pay, then queue up to leave. Last time I did it, neither the local payment machine or the exit barrier were even working. The public transport from MAN actually isn't that good, unless you happen to live along the south Manchester rail corridor. I live in North Manchester and last time I used it it took over 2.5 hours to get home, instead of 25 minutes by car - that's why people use them... As for the pick up being a privilege, sorry just laughed my head off there. It is a basic function of an airport, imaging going to Sainsbury's and they charged you to park, 'because it's busy', would you go again? On the one hand I go to meetings at MAPLC where they moan about no revenue, low expansion of passengers, and then some of the same people act like the airport is doing the flying public a favour. Trust me, MAN needs the people of the region more than they need it. |
Some good and rather disappointing, but forseeable news
AirAsia, a long haul Malaysian budget airline to be launched by local carrier Fly Asian Xpress, has placed a 15 plane order worth up to US$2.63 billion with European plane manufacturer Airbus. The new airline plans to launch flights to the UK - to either Manchester or Stansted Airport - next year. Tony Fernandes, the owner of one of Asia's largest and most profitable budget airline, AirAsia, announced the plans yesterday. Mr. Fernandes also owns 10 percent of Fly Asian Xpress. Fly Asian Xpress, a new airline set up to operate Malaysian Airlines' domestic routes after AirAsia took them over last year, has ordered 10 A330-300s and took options for another 5, Fernandes said. He predicted that the airline will need 25 planes within five years and said that it may pick the same model. Fly Asian Xpress will pay for the planes with bank loans. The new low-cost long haul airline had planned to use the AirAsiaX brand for its long-haul flights, though will now drop the 'X,' Fernandes said. He predicted that it will carry 10 million passengers a year by 2012, and announced plans to launch flights this September using up to three leased A330s whilst the airline waits for the delivery of its first aircraft next September. It plans to sell flights for as little as 10 ringgit, or £1.50. The airline may fly to as many as five cities with its leased aircraft, Fernandes said, declining to be specific as 'we're in the process of finalising the destinations.' They are likely to include China, India, Australia, the Middle East, Europe and Japan, and in the UK, AirAsia will serve either Manchester or Stansted Airport, he added. I would be surprised if both routes weren't been flown within the year. But... British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh has ruled out an expansion of the airline's international operations at Manchester Airport in the foreseeable future. Following the disposal of its loss-making subsidiary, BA Connect, to regional low-cost airline Flybe last month, BA now only flies to New York, Gatwick and Heathrow from Manchester Airport. Mr Walsh said he did not envisage any routes to Europe unless BA is 'radically restructured'. He told an audience at Manchester Business School: 'We just cannot do it profitably in the face of the competition [from budget airlines].' Shame..but not really a surprise. They will be too busy concentrating on their LHR and LGW bases as the Open Skies comes into force with increased competition. |
IB4138 Where exactly do all the 'little englanders' live.... MM I also think the airport authorities or powers to be are to be commended at AGP for providing free long term parking at P3 during the construction period......something the UK airports would never consider I feel. I let others do the talking. :D |
Autoglide said: imaging going to Sainsbury's and they charged you to park
J Sainsbury's in Wilmslow does just that, and won't even refund you at the till with a receipt. It's more common than you think. While we're imagining stuff, can you imagine how any airport would look if parking was cheap or even free? Picker uppers would never get within a mile of the place, because the other picker uppers would get there early to "make a day of it" and do a bit of plane spotting before they collect and go home, although the passengers will probably have driven in the first place, and parked free for a fortnight. Sad though it is, there has to be a charge to regulate the supply of a limited commodity in the face of excess demand. Simple economics. Not that different from the locos putting their prices up on high-demand flights. In fact it's exactly the same, but no-one complains about that, do they? |
£8 to park your car at Holiday Inn Aerial, Heathrow and that is for 1 night
Ian |
The airport also has a rather excellent text message service that tells you the status of departing and arriving flights. That was designed to allow picker uppers to arrive to collect "just in time". The whole area outside arrivals (esp. T1) was always a mess. Lazy and mean picker uppers would clog it up circling rather than using any of the adjacent car parks (surface or multi). It was dangerous for pedestrians, and prevented emergency vehicles ever getting in or out quickly. Something needed to be done, and it has been. Fact is, there isn't enough space for all the cars that people would like to bring in. There is an excellent public transport hub right in the middle of the airport, plus a selection of taxi products (ok so the black cabs are a rip off), which arriving pax should make more use of. There is little need for many picker uppers to even drive in, in the first place. MA is using price and capacity management to allocate a scarce resource, just like the locos do, so what's the big deal? Free and easy drop off/pick up is a privilege, not a right. There are ways and means to avoid this petty charging, but I'm not going to post them here, lest they be closed. Rip-off Britain at its best! |
I would repeat the concerns about emergency vehicles getting access to the front of the building when it's choked with private cars, not to mention the aviation security issues of unknown vehicles "abandoned" right outside the door.
Barriers are the best way to reduce the risk of these issues becoming something more serious. For heaven's sake people, the place is short of land. What else is it to do to regulate access? There are enough other ways of getting there. Do you expect to drive into Manchester to go to Kendals or Selfridges, and park outside, on Deansgate or whatever road they're on, for free? |
For heaven's sake people, the place is short of land. What else is it to do to regulate access? There are enough other ways of getting there. Do you expect to drive into Manchester to go to Kendals or Selfridges, and park outside, on Deansgate or whatever road they're on, for free? |
At Piccadilly station you cannot drive your car up the approach road, you have to pick up from the side entrance where the taxi rank is and if you want to use the car park, you pay. The situation at the airport isn't much different. If you want to pick up/drop off, you can do so at the departures levels and at the station free of charge. If you want to use the car park, then you pay. End of story. As I said in my previous post, there are ways around this pick up charge and although not as convenient as they could be, it's not like the airport has closed off all avenues and you have no other choice.
For anyone that witnessed the 10 minutes free area in terminal 1 will know that on any given day it was a sham. Cars parked anywhere, people driving the wrong way down one way lanes just to get out quickly to avoid paying, vehicles were left unattended and there was absolutely no access for emergency vehicles to get near the terminal. As with many things in this country, a minority abused the system and as a result the airport have taken the privilege away. A shame for the genuine users but it's not the first organisation to make such a decision and it certainly won't be the last. |
BAA announced today that it is to invest approximately £9.3 billion over the next 11 years upgrading its three London airports - Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted. The company also released a forecast of average growth at the three airports, saying that it expected passenger traffic to rise by 2.8 percent a year in the period to 2018. Major airport facilities planned in the investment programme include a second runway and terminal at Stansted, the replacement of Heathrow's Terminal 2 with Heathrow East and the renovation of Heathrow's Terminals 3 and 4, and new baggage systems at Heathrow to provide a world-class level of performance across the whole of the airport by the time of the London Olympics in 2012, BAA said. The programme does not include the cost of a third runway at Heathrow or a second runway at Gatwick. Passenger numbers at Heathrow will increase from 67.3m last year to 84.4m by 2018, according to BAA's predictions. Stansted will overtake Gatwick as London's second busiest airport, with passenger figures of 45.0m against 23.8m last year, while passengers at Gatwick will increase by 18 percent to 40.5m. The forecasts assume that a new runway and terminal open at Stansted in time for the start of 2015/16, Heathrow's Terminal 5 is in full operation before 2008/09 and other upgrades at Heathrow, including Heathrow East, go ahead. The introduction of either mixed mode operation or a third runway at Heathrow, both of which are undergoing environmental impact studies, is not included in the forecasts. Does anybody know whether MAN wants to take 2nd or 3rd spot by this time? Cheers. |
Catchup !!
It was suggested that B peir was comming down shortly also the T2 extention was to be started, world cargo was to become a domestic terminal, C peir was to be demolished as to make way for 2 way aircraft taxi-ing. also T2 to join up with T1 .......
This was a few years ago now but all that seems to have happened is numerous taxiway repairs. I guess once they are completed(5-7 years) then maybe other works could begin, but MAN will need more Pax to justify all this.. I am sure somebody will put me right with all this and I hope so but I don't see MAN progressing as fast as BAA sites:sad: |
I am sure somebody will put me right with all this and I hope so but I don't see MAN progressing as fast as BAA sites:sad: MAN need EZY or FR. If either of those carriers were to pump money through MAN (which they won't because of LPL), then MAN would certainly give STN a run for it's money! MAN has the long-haul connections that STN crave, and maybe a major LC airline at MAN would kick start the MAN revolution! (There are currently only three MAJOR LCCs in EU - EZY, FR and AB that fit the crieria that MAN needs). I'm sure people will have different views, but MAN can't just rely on the summer traffic, they need year round LCCs which bring millions of passengers through MAN's doors each year. MAN don't have this yet - STN does. |
Airports don`t make money from Lo cost operators as they want everything for free
Manchester doesn`t need anymore LC they need some more long haul full fare airlines in the same class as Emirates or American who carry lots of pax who are willing to pay for the service Air Berlin are not lo-cost they are a full service airline that just happen to be cheap If you add up how much low cost there is out of Manchester you will be very suprised as I think Manchester has more than Liverpool and certainly a better selection of operators Ian |
The problem with the LCC's at MAN is that they're not expanding services at the same rate as FR and EZY at their bases. I think if easyjet or Ryanair were to open a base at Manchester, then we would see more rapid route expansion than the current Loco's have to offer.
Bmibaby are a waste of time. They've made it clear that they are not willing to commit to expansion at MAN and are happy to focus on Birmingham instead. Monarch Scheduled seem content on sticking with 'bucket and spade' destinations. Jet2 have shown a decent level of commitment but their winter timetable leaves a lot to be desired, with many routes either dropped or significantly reduced. Thomsonfly are the only airline at the moment that seem to be showing any sort of desire to expand operations on a year round basis. I do agree that Loco's probably aren't the answer. More long haul carriers need to be attracted in order for the airport to increase revenue and improve its services but this is proving to be extremely difficult at the minute. Although having said this, the demise of charter flights means that attracting a big Loco operation wouldn't do any harm. Either one of the existing LCC's at MAN needs to pull their finger out (possibility of FlyBE coming up with the goods?) or the airport needs to try and attract FR or EZY to open and expand a base. The latter I really can't see happening any time soon. |
I agree, I think MAN has an excellent LCC network.
Aer Lingus to Cork, Dublin Air Berlin to Hamburg, London STN, Paderborn Air Southwest to Bristol, Plymouth bmibaby to Alicante, Belfast BFS, Bordeaux, Cork, Geneva, Jersey, Knock, Malaga, Newquay, Palma, Perpignan, Prague flybe to Belfast BHD, Bergerac, Brest, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Exeter, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Guernsey, Hanover, Isle of Man, Jersey, La Rochelle, Limoges, Milan MXP, Norwich, Paris CDG, Rennes, Southampton Flyglobespan to Calgary, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Toronto YYZ, Toronto YHM, Vancouver Tuifly to Cologne, Hanover, Stuttgart Jet2 to Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin SXF, Budapest, Chambery, Faro, Geneva, Ibiza, Malaga, Milan BGY, Murcia, Nice, Palma, Paris CDG, Pisa, Prague, Rome FCO, Tenerife TFS, Toulouse, Valencia, Venice Monarch Scheduled to Alicante, Almeria, Arrecife, Barcelona, Faro, Ibiza, Jerez, Mahon, Malaga, Murcia, Orlando SFB, Palma, Tenerife TFS Ryanair to Dublin, Shannon Skyeurope to Bratislava, Krakow Zoom Airlines to Calgary, Toronto YYZ, Vancouver Countless Thomsonfly destinations A MUCH more comprehensive programme than LPL. Manchester does not NEED easyjet or more from Ryanair. Regards Mike |
Aer Lingus, Air Southwest, & Monarch, low cost since when, Thomsonfly is basically Thomson Holiday flights, and don't kid your self mate you would love Easyjet & Ryanair up at Manchester.
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Both Monarch and Thomsonfly have had low cost scheduled arms for a number of years now. Where have you been??? Monarch Scheduled in particular have some excellent fares that rival EZY at LPL on the sunshine routes. And I would say that both airlines have a far superior service to both FR and EZY. Just unfortunate that they don't have the capacity to expand as rapidly.
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Just unfortunate that they don't have the capacity to expand as rapidly. They rely on both sectors to fill their flights. TOM and ZB/MON both fly to destinations in Europe, but from MAN they only seem to be holiday destinations. This is because they are unable to compete with LS and WW on routes to cities etc, but can fill there planes through package holidays AND flight onlys. TOM have routes from Bournemouth and Coventry which are city destinations, but is there any competiton there? An LCC can attract passengers for flights to all kinds of destinations - City, beach, skiing etc. ZB, the 'LCC' cannot. |
Why does MAN need to expand anyway? It's inefficient for UK PLC - better to have a better spread of destinations from a better spread of UK airports. That will reduce long journeys from the regions to MAN, as people can instead go to their own airports. The market seems to be driving to that conclusion - now MAN is no longer really a monopoly as its neighbours are growing well e.g. LPL.
Hmm - monopolies: BT, British Gas - what happened to them? Contraction and losses. Even the NHS has competition, and people pay twice there (NI plus private insurance premiums). All this debate is based on the presumption that growth is good. Is it? Discuss. My view is that MAN should focus on - streamlining its process chain from home to plane and plane to home - improving its service levels and attitudes to customers - reducing queues - improving maintenance to reduce unplanned downtime - reducing its costs to allow service partners to pay their front line staff more money so that they can retain more of them and avoid queues due to inadequate manning levels - controlling the number of airfield service partners through licensing, to improve ramp efficiency and safety by reducing congestion, and also to reduce price-led competition, which drives down wages (see above) Then its reputation will increase, market forces will prevail, passengers will increase and profit will follow. |
There are only two low cost airlines, Easyjet and Ryanair, the others like to think they are but there not really, sorry Jet2 do fall into the low cost bracket ( mind you 737's that are second hand and been round the clock, don't come close to the new A319 & 738), Monarch and Thomsonfly do the bucket and spade/sunshine routes because thats wot's in the holiday shops and brochures, I,ll tell you what MUFC FAN, go and ask Monarch cabin crew are they a Low Cost airline, and you'll get f----ed off.
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