Are we to expect a WW announcement regarding the long promised additional routes from MAN in the coming week after last weeks non-event?!

lets hope there are no embarrassing silences from those that have posted here of various new services to operate from Manchester over the summer months and beyond when no such services begin...........

(to be read in a long monotonous drone without stops to gain a general
air of boredom!!)

MM

"Are we to expect....."
No.

mickyman - there's nothing new in reading about non-existent new services. This dross stops people from posting and even reading this, and other forums. It's been going on for years.

Re Post 1829
 

Mickyman..........can you tell us all if you will be the first to eat your own words if these services do appear??............I seriously doubt it!!
Now do us all a favour crawl back under your electric blanket and keep warm until the summer and see what it brings........

Hear Hear! Surely the whole point of a rumour network is to create some excitement and intrigue. I'm not saying we should all post a load of nonsense on here. If I came on tomorrow saying BA will announce 25 long haul routes out of MAN in the next 2 years, I would deservedly get shot down! But posting information on hearsay and future developments that are a possibility gives us all something to talk about. Don't go rubbishing what people say without any hard facts to disprove it. If we shoot down every single rumour on here, then there won't be any thread left. There is a strong possibility of Oasis arriving at MAN within the next 12 months. I can say that in the knowledge I have heard it from sources other than here. By no means I am saying it's definate but it is possible. Now if I kept that information to myself until they made some sort of announcement, where would the fun be in that! Little rumour snipets are designed to keep us all happy. Well... most of us anyway!

Heard a suggestion at the weekend that the BA hangar has been cleared out. Anyone any idea what the plans are for it?

BMI flight to LHR cancelled
 

Just my luck!!! my flight to LHR BD589 13:25 has been cancelled, good job I checked. No point going to MAN, so got through to CS & now on 16:50.
Is this the usual fog delays & empty flight scenario? Any info out there?
2nd time in a row this has happened with BD, last time it was coming back.
BA to LGW or VLM to LCY next time I think, less hassle

GLENO

I will not have to eat my words either way because I was posting a
perfectly reasonble question.........

FlyZB

I take your point and agree but it seems some posters have wishlists.

MM

Just my luck!!! my flight to LHR BD589 13:25 has been cancelled, good job I checked. No point going to MAN, so got through to CS & now on 16:50.
Is this the usual fog delays & empty flight scenario? Any info out there?
2nd time in a row this has happened with BD, last time it was coming back.
BA to LGW or VLM to LCY next time I think, less hassle

Delays and cancelations were down to FOG this morning at EGBB/EGKK/EGLL/EGGW/EGSS and flow rates being introduced causing backlogs and cancelations.

Regarding the BA hanger, I am sure I saw a Dragonair 747 nose in between the doors today ? If so its the first aircraft thats been in it for years hopefully someone has seen sense and will start using this asset again, its a disgrace that its been allowed to stand idle for so long.

KA 744 has a broken flap, they got the nose of the a/c in before being stopped and told it can not be used for a/c, no insurance. It will not be used for a/c either, airport had it returned off lease from BA last week, it will be used for storage by all accounts. A/C now back on the ramp waiting bits.

Re Oasis
 

Just a quick word, page 43 Mail on Sunday....Article on Oasis Airlines

Quote from Captain Trevor Jones Discussing new routes with the author of the article Tom Chesshyre......

"Manchester to Hong Kong could happen soon":ok:

That's all Folks.......

The BA hangar has been kept closed until now as BA - or somebody -would have had to pay higher rates on it if it were used. I think the charge is reduced for empty buildings. There was an attempt a couple of years ago by the Airport to find a user for it but all to no avail. So now that the airport have it back, what is to be stored in it - anyone know?

If Oasis have applied for slots - see post 1802 - then surely this means they are getting serious. I know we have had innumerable instances of slots being applied for and then binned; however this has come in well after the slot conference and must mean that they are looking at a MAN operation in some detail. Next good rumour needs to be that they have been talking to handling agents...;)

Oasis Honk Kong
 

This was posted on another forum:

'qoute from an internal email, so no source available:

'It is with great pleasure that Oasis Hong Kong airlines are now able to tender cargo contracts on their up and comming routes:

Hong Kong-Oakland-Hong Kong (15/5/08)

And

Hong Kong-Dusseldorf-Manchester-Hong Kong (18/8/08)

The aircraft used will be a Boeing 747-400 passenger jet capable of carrying up to 3 tonnes of belly cargo.

All tenders interested can send off for an information pack from: '


I have no idea of its correctness, but this is a rumour network:)

Treat this one with a degree of suspicion as a 747-400 can carry a lot more than 3 tonnes of belly cargo - unless it is weight limited out of DUS ?

Suzeman

Oasis Hong Kong
 

Hi All,
Just got this via e-mail.


Thank you for your email.



We are yet to confirm our flight services between Hong Kong and Manchester and hope you can bear with us. We suggest that you keep visiting our website for regular updates. Alternatively, you are welcome to subscribe to myOasis AirMail advert removed to receive our latest updates and promotion details via email. Enter the “myOasis Login” link, which is located on the top right corner of our home page and follow the instructions online to register.



Yours sincerely

Natalie Ling

Oasis Hong Kong Airlines

Read into this what you will !!.

Mickey Man get ready to eat those words:p:yuk:
E.F.

limited due to baggage rights put first.

Pardon?? :confused:
The EK with 400+ pax usually carries 18+ tonnes of freight, the ETD,QTA also carry "significant" freight 10+tonnes
That means that there is a lot of excess baggage :=:D
watp,iktch

When I returned from LAX with BA in 1999 I visited the cockpit and the captain told me he was carrying 22t of cargo on a full flight from LAX to LHR. Now thats a heavy plane! I will always remember that moment as it was when I realised that a B744 is as big as it is!

Could it be 30t and be a typo or is that too much?