LH: STR-MAN 6 weekly (except Saturday) CRJ 700 from 12th April

Airport just gone Snoclo @ 1554, update at 1700

MAN SNOCLO 1552 (for an hour'ish)

To quote a phrase...its snowing like billyo, no way it will re-open at 1700 if this carries on...no way.

I refer the honourable gentleman to reply #2776. :p

I refer the honourable gentleman to reply #2776.

Yeah...case of foot mouth etc etc...didnt see this coming !!!

Now snowclo until 1800!!
Another fine example of MAN operations, the world class international airport.
This snow has been forecast for a while!!

Can anyone tell me were Ezy9896 has diverted too
thanks

EZY9896, BD598 and BA1396 to LPL
PIA709 to LHR
AF2568 to LBA

How many excuses do you want to keep making ?
Fact, this was forecast yesterday by the METOFFICE of heavy snow.
Whether snow is forecast or not, the airport is continually caught with its pants down.
The last bad winters I remember 1981/82 & 1978/9 and the airport wasnt in such a state then as it continually seems to be...

Dazbo5 - It may be heavy snow, but the snow had been forecast! they should have been ready for it. prior planning prevents pi$$ poor performance.

“You can't clear a runway while the snow is falling as heavy as it is at the moment with aircraft landing on top of you!”

It would seem nothing is capable of landing at MAN whenever snowflakes appear.
Pi$$ poor performance is standard at MAN in the snow.
Maybe airlines which have incurred additional costs with diverts should be claiming the money back from the airport authority, that way the airport might get its act together!!

mark9263
why are people still complaing about snow clearance at Manch.Like you said heavy snow was forecast and it fell. Whilst it is snowing you cannot clear a runway, by the time you get to the end, where you started is covered again, therefore you have to wait until the snow has ceased or moderated in its fall otherwise you are wasting your time and money

There is no excuses for not being prepared. I make my point again, getting more snow than was forecast is one thing, being told by the METOFFICE that there was a forecast for heavy snow 36 hours earlier and still not being able to be prepared is in-excusable, sorry....

Closed now until 2000 and the "heavy snow" doesn't arrive until 1800 :uhoh:

I would like to pose another serious question..What has happened to the airport in twelve months ?
I refer to the last bad spell of snow in February 2009. Monday 2nd there was snow on and off all day at MAN, and to my knowledge it never closed at all and handled 36 diversions.....!!!!

Any ideas ? Coz im sure as hell struggling to know how things have deteriorated so badly

Some people talking throught their ar$e here...the snow in the last 2 hours has been amongst the heaviet i have ever seen....do you know how heavy the snow has to be for a met viz of 800 meters with no wind to stir the snow...bloody heavy...

No airport could have stayed open in that...we had over 1 inch fall in just 45 minutes, so come on....out of those armchairs and explain what you would have done to keep things open ???

Another apologist....!!

I live virtually live on top of the airport mate, no preparation... simple...!

You CAN keep an airport open by alternating brushing of BOTH runways, which is what seems to happen at other airports including LHR.

Even after the recent cockups nobody seems to be learning, instead MAN switches to single runway ops and then calls a closure.

If I was an airline CEO I would be wanting heads to roll.

MAN pull your finger out of your a*se and get this continuing fiasco sorted.

I and the world no longer want to listen to excuses.

You have had 36 hours notice of this snow, every bit of equipment should have began rolling as soon as it started.

MAN777 well said..!

Somebody talking sense, the excuses have worn thin now and are extremely tiresome..