Did I read correctly, 45million pounds to build the new BOH terminal? Just had a look on Google Earth and there has to be a . between the 4 and 5 and even that figure would be expensive

Looks like the first significant snowfall forecast this weekend. Upto 20cm over the early part of Sunday.
Good luck if you're working or travelling...

MAN2SIN2BKK2FRA
Just for you :New Bournemouth Airport terminal opens - BBC News

Thanks for the link, no way that cost 45million, someone was ripped off big time - I go with my original assessment of 4.5

That's called forward planning - How dare you suggest such a thing :E

Well according to other forums LOT Polish Airlines will commence twice daily WAW to MAN on E190 at the beginning of the IATA summer schedule on the 25 March 2018 using flight numbers LO287/LO288 and LO289/LO290.

What surprises me more than anything else about MAN is that why hasn't EL AL ever reinstated the TLV to MAN route as surely there must be the demand for it from the huge Jewish population in the Manchester and surrounding areas.

TLV
 

I believe that there has been lobbying from time to time from the Manchester Jewish community (fast growing) for EL AL to resume the service. There are some who will only travel LY due to the enhanced security on board, however since LY dropped it in 2000? the route has been well-served by LS, EZY and until recently MON. The latter's demise will surely prompt greater frequency from EZY and/or attract another carrier. Nice if LY were to return but I think less likely.

.... and a large proportion of the Jewish community dislike El Al for a couple of specific reasons.

Cathay every day
 

CX219 on its way to MAN - the first Sunday flight for many years. Yes, it's daily non-stop at last! With that tantalising gap in the CX 216/219 flight numbers - does the story end here?

MAN taking quite a few diversions this morning from BHX, LTN and STN which are all snow closed, including AF & EW A319s, Pegasus, Turkish and three Blue Air 737s, LH CRJ and several Ryanairs.

Is the NOTAM office closed for its Xmas party today ?! :)

And even more incredible considering 05L requires backtracking and thus more landing spacing due to taxiway work. Kudos to all the staff in the airport today.

it started daily on Wednesday.

Manchester Statistics - October 2017(Part 1)

Destinations that are either new (no passengers since my records started in January 2005), or have not been served for a number of years - if the latter then the month and year of the last service is shown.

No new routes to report - however Dakar in Senegal has reappeared for the first time since 2006 with 221 passengers

Four domestic statistic are currently missing from the CAA report for October .

Belfast City, Exeter, Inverness and Jersey have yet to provide figures

Total passengers for those 4 routes in September were 45,431


Moving monthly and annual figures - based on CAA statistics

Monthly passengers - 2,401,992+ 3.1%
Annual Total- 24,123,491
Moving Annual Total - 27,714,994 + 10.05%

Monthly Movements - 17,250 + 2.4%
Moving Annual Movements - 197,038 + 9.1%

Manchester Statistics -October 2017 (Part 2)

Top 25 destinations - by passenger numbers

AMSTERDAM..................................... 91,455
DUBAI................................................ 82,959
DUBLIN.............................................. 78,606
TENERIFE (SURREINA SOFIA)............. 70,946
PALMA............................................... 68,707
ALICANTE........................................... 68,245
HEATHROW....................................... 55,201
MALAGA............................................ 54,706
PARIS (CHARLES DE GAULLE)............. 54,507
ORLANDO.......................................... 51,126
ARRICIFE............................................ 43,763
FARO.................................................. 41,850
NEW YORK JFK................................... 38,425
FRANKFURT....................................... 37,955
BARCELONA....................................... 37,471
PAPHOS.............................................. 36,177
DALAMAN.......................................... 33,863
ABU DHABI......................................... 33,606
LAS PALMAS....................................... 32,381
COPENHAGEN.................................... 29,537
ANTALYA............................................ 29,087
MUNICH............................................. 27,927
BERLIN (SCHONEFELD)....................... 26,620
CANCUN............................................. 26,158
HAMBURG.......................................... 26,099

CAA statistics for October are provisional.


Manchester Statistics - October 2017 (Part 3)

Top 25 destinations with highest percentage increase.

Destination......................................Total Pax....Schedule Pax....Charter Pax....Percentage change
HOUSTON........................................... 5,122............. 5,122.................. 0.................. 3,292.053
OLBIA................................................. 2,384.............. 2,199............... 185................. 1,181.7204
WROCLAW......................................... 4,315.............. 4,315................... 0................. 1,165.3959
TOULOUSE......................................... 4,381.............. 4,142................ 239.................... 995.25
SANDEFJORD...................................... 5,909............. 5,909.................... 0.................... 796.66161
PULA................................................... 1,571............. 1,387................ 184.................... 356.68605
MIKONOS............................................ 2,605............. 2,605.................... 0................... 287.64881
HURGHADA....................................... 13,192........... 13,192.................... 0................... 202.56881
SPLIT................................................... 5,464............. 4,918................. 546................... 160.68702
ALGHERO.............................................. 542..................... 0................. 542.................. 145.24887
KEFALLINIA......................................... 5,827............. 4,447............... 1,380................. 114.38558
HAMBURG........................................ 26,099........... 26,099..................... 0.................... 110.67969
ROME (CIAMPINO)........................... 14,311........... 14,311..................... 0.................... 99.986026
KRAKOW........................................... 13,944........... 13,944..................... 0.................... 89.019927
ILHA DO SAL CAPE VERDE.................. 5,574.............. 5,574..................... 0.................... 77.008574
DUBROVNIK...................................... 11,739............ 11,423................ 316..................... 74.453856
GERONA.............................................. 8,477............. 8,259................. 218.................... 71.287129
GLASGOW........................................... 5,992.............. 5,992.................... 0.................... 59.64892
CATANIA (FONTANAROSSA)............... 7,345.............. 5,685............. 1,660..................... 69.395756
KOS.................................................... 14,167............. 9,023.............. 5,144.................... 68.775316
THIRA.................................................. 5,374.............. 5,152............... 222..................... 65.813021
BILBAO............................................... 6,505.............. 6,505.................... 0..................... 58,619849
LOS ANGELES...................................... 7,156.............. 7,156.................... 0..................... 57.864549
GDANSK.............................................. 4,470.............. 4,470.................... 0..................... 57.560804
COLOGNE............................................ 5,391.............. 5,391................... 0...................... 57.263711

CAA statistics for October are provisional.


Manchester Statistics - October 2017 (Part 4)

Figures for the European and long haul destinations that I consider to be the main points for our connecting traffic.

Foreign_airport……..Total_Pax 2016……..Total Pax 2017……% change
VIENNA………………….. 9,173……….…………….. 9,339……………….. +1.809659
BRUSSELS……………… 16,087……………………. 19,705……………….. +22.490209
BEIJING………………….. 7,564 ………………….….. 5,846.………………. -22.71285
PRAGUE………………… 13,892……………………. 13,960…….…………. +0.48949
COPENHAGEN………. 29,560……………………. 29,537……………….. -077808
HELSINKI………………... 8,893…………….……... 10,158……………….. +14.224671
PARIS (CDG)…………… 51,593……………………. 54,507…………….... +5.648053
DUSSELDORF…………. 17,196………..…………. 22,126……..……….. +28.669458
FRANKFURT MAIN…. 30,894……………………. 37,955….…………… +22.855571
MUNICH………………… 26,892..………………….. 27,927………………. +3.848728
HONG KONG………….. 10,462….………………… 10,720 ……….……… +2.466068
KEFLAVIK……………….. 11,746……………….…… 14,931….……………. +13,122206
DUBLIN…………………… 84,203……………………. 78,606………….……. -6.647032
MILAN (MALPENSA).. 15,582……………………. 13,945……………….. -10.50571
ROME (FIUMICINO).. 19,193..……………………. 9,585……………….. -50.05992
AMSTERDAM…………. 86,874…………………….. 91,455.……………... +5.273154
ISLAMABAD……………. 22,658..…………………… 15,695………………. -3073087
LISBON…………………… 18,601…………………….. 23,059………..…….. +23.966453
DOHA…………………….. 27,130…………………….. 24,510………………. -9.657206
JEDDAH……………………. 3,834………………………. 4,552……………….. +18.727178
SINGAPORE……………… 6,910………………………. 7,395……………….. +7.018813
MADRID…………………. 13,755…………………….. 14,227………………. +3.431479
STOCKHOLM (ARN)… 13,403…………………….. 14,270………………. +6.468701
GENEVA…………………. 14,077…………………….. 16,427….………..... +16.693898
ZURICH……………………. 9,471……………………….. 9,471 ………………. +8.699644
ABU DHABI…………….. 32,421……………….……. 33,606…..…………. +3.655038
DUBAI…………………….. 76,105.……………………. 82,959………………. +9.005979
ATLANTA……………….. 13,549…….…………………. 8,821………………. -34.89556
CHICAGO…..…………….. 8,662……………………….. 8,123………………. -6.22581
HOUSTON……………..…… .151……………………….. 5,122………………. +3292.053
NEW YORK (JFK)……… 34,807…………………….. 38,425………..……. +10.394461
NEW YORK (NEWARK). 9,098………………………. 9,530………………. +4.748296
PHILADELPHIA………… 11,415……………………… 11,337……..………. -0.683311
HEATHROW……………. 58,123……………………… 55,201……………… -5.02727

CAA statistics for October are provisional.


Manchester Statistics - October 2017 (Part 5)

Comparison of top 25 destinations - October 2007 versus October 2017

Foreign airport...........................October-07...........October-17
PALMA.............................................. 85,365...................... 68,727
HEATHROW....................................... 83,031..................... 55,201
TENERIFE (SURREINA SOFIA)............. 72,178..................... 70,946
MALAGA............................................ 64,078..................... 54,706
ALICANTE........................................... 62,322.................... 68,245
DUBLIN............................................... 60,975.................... 78,606
FARO.................................................. 51,173..................... 41,850
AMSTERDAM..................................... 46,107..................... 91,455
DALAMAN.......................................... 44,810..................... 33,863
PAPHOS.............................................. 42,995..................... 36,177
PARIS (CHARLES DE GAULLE)............. 42,195...................... 54,507
DUBAI................................................ 40,613...................... 82,959
SANFORD.......................................... 37,447....................... 6,627
LARNACA........................................... 37,371...................... 19,620
GATWICK........................................... 35,662....................... 1
ARRECIFE........................................... 33,031....................... 43,763
ORLANDO.......................................... 31,825....................... 51,126
FRANKFURT....................................... 29,565....................... 37,955
LAS PALMAS...................................... 27,018....................... 32,381
MALTA............................................... 26,710....................... 20,772
SHARM EL SHEIK................................ 26,242....................... 0
CHICAGO (O'HARE)............................ 23,398........................ 8,123
BODRUM............................................ 22,362....................... 7,630
IBIZA................................................... 22,297....................... 25,048
BELFAST CITY...................................... 21,243....................... No Data

CAA are statistics for October are provisional.


Manchester Statistics - October 2017 (Part 6)

Major changes to Domestic traffic

Edinburgh - 9,236 +11.82952%
Glasgow - 5,992 +69.64892
Newquay - 8,179 +45.19794

Guess MON gone helps a lot but in fairness they have accepted a lot more this year than in 2016.

I can't imagine the numbering sequence is an accident...

Virgin Atlantic site now shows A330-200 on the bookings, and seat selection shows it will retain a full Air Berlin cabin during its initial March-May flights.

Chaps you might be reading a tad too much into the Cathay flight numbers. It’s literally just gone daily after changing to a *smaller* aircraft. Great to see Cathay back but I’d want to see them defend what they’ve taken on, as a business, they see growth more in Dragon than mainline which continues to almost bleed brand new equipment to across KA.
They’ve really gone for it recently with a fifth LHR being joined by daily MAN and relaunching LGW. That’s a LOT of additional capacity.

CX. Not to mention a new DUB service. I am pretty sure I've read very recently that CX were going to 10 weekly from Dec 2018 with the 3 extra services arriving 1715 & departing 2015, however, I haven't seen that from a direct source (yet). I'll be in HKG later this week- so maybe I can find a source over there (?)

The 11 weekly flights start 6th November with evening flights Tue/Thu/Fri/Sat.