Gate are already in MAN, but they only do the cleaning. They are / or have just started Ramp ops in NCL.

Don't think MAN really needs 6 Ramp Handling Agents.....

On the main page of manairport.co.uk there is a feature saying 'so many cities to fly to direct from Manchester'. Whilst most of these cities have direct flights from Manchester; Bucharest, Madrid, Moscow, St Petersburg and Venice do not. Are Manchester Airport expecting route announcements? or are they just trying to make their route network sound better than it is? The title of the feature does say 'direct'.

does anyone have a link to the planned apron expansion at T3? I cant seem to find it on the web or MAN's own website.

Direct connections erh well no actually.
 

Also there is no direct flight MAN-NCE in the winter; Jet2 do a short run in the summer but come winter nothing. Strange how the LPL-NCE runs all year with reported excellent load factors.

Apron Extension
 

Does anyone know why the works at the end of Pier B and new apron at T3 are running way behind schedule

According to the Original NOTAM all work was to be finished by December.

The latest Supplement states the work will be continuing to May.

NCE
 

Ivan answers his own question really. There can only be so many people from the NW region who want to travel there, and the market opportunities have been gladly taken up by LPL. I'm sorry I'm too tired to look it up but I presume it's FR or EZY.

...a deafening response from the management at Manchester re the proposed 3rd runway at LHR !

Bagso

What were you expecting?

MM

Jet2 have announced MAN-TLV, 1x weekly starting in May, rising to 2x weekly in july.
Not huge news, but good to see TLV will stay on the departure boards once TOM leave the route

I remember the El Al 707´s in the past at MAN.

...tailed by heavily armed Army vans from Runway to gate and back !

I enjoyed sitting on the plane :} and the security checks :(

Terminal 3 apron expansion
 

I notice from the AIP that the new section of Terminal 3 apron, stands 56-58, is showing from 9th February. Does not necessarily mean this is the date on which it will become operational, but at least it now looks to becoming close to completion.

Hopefully, for ATC, stopbar G6 will be selectable and thus permit better LVP operations.

Scottie Dog

Terminal 3 apron expansion
 

Where is the relevant AIP because I can't find it on the NATS site

Viscount702
 

Please check your PMs

Just a little note to put Manchester back on top where it belongs:ok:

First question:

Anyone know the exact problem with N274AY (US A330-300)? Its spending its 3rd night in MAN tonight, so must be a major problem to be grounded this long.

Also, AA have announced that the B757-200 is going TATL from JFK. MAN is tipped to be a new route from there as AA enjoyed the connecting pax BA supplied and want a piece ofthat action back, with the B757 being a perfect a/c for the route.

If it does happen, hopefully it wont have any implications on CO/DL. Ithink with B757's, there is room for 4 daily frequencies, as we used to have it with BA, and that was with 2x B757 from Continental, 1x B767-400 from Delta (back when they started) and 1x B767-300 from BA.

Time will tell

Four daily flights is definitely manageable with all three major alliances on the route which should get the competition going!

The 757 is the perfect aircraft to have a frequency of 4 daily flights and I seriously think it would work.

I just hope, if this route has been thought up, BA don't step in and if they want to launch it, it is an afternoon flight, which I doubt it will be.

I hope BA dont come and balls it up either. Apparently LHR-NYC is a bloodbath t the minute, and the new AA route could take some more pax away from that market (granted, a B757 wont take away that many, but in this economic climate, all the pax count.)

Like I say, AA did benefit from the route back when BA had it, and have always stated that they would like to operate it, just not with a B767 as its too big and not viable.

Anyway, if they have been waiting for a B757 to operate the route, why wait this long, why not use the aircraft they had on BOS-MAN? that was a B757.

Firstly I don't think this is going to come back as Manchester - New York is already well served and American have been unable to operate a succesful second route from MAN having binned JFK, BOS, DFW and MIA.

Secondly can someone confirm that the Saudia opearates RIH-JED-GVA-MAN?

Is that right? Two stops from Riyadh surely means it's less hassle over LHR?

Thanks