On Virgin, is it correct that Cabin Crew are MAN based and cross qualified on both B744/A333? Does MAN also have a pilot base for both types or are they LHR/LGW based?

MAN is both a pilot and cabin crew base IIRC.

Virgin seem to be building quite a base at Manchester.

I'm not an analyst so have little idea about the industry but if Virgin can make it work why couldn't BA ?

It just seems odd.

Just a sign of things (not) to come.

LPL 50m rvr from 2235 resulted in 11 diversions away. 3 to NCL, 3 BHX, 2 LBA, 2 BRS and 1 (one) to the nearest airport MAN...

Copy & paste 'reasons for no diversions at MAN' article rewritten every year since the infamous KLM MD11 incident.

Betablocker,

Do you have a link to details of the KLM MD11 incident, please?

Purely because it's one I haven't heard about.

Don`t bother starting it up again then Beteablocker

But the reasons for not accepting diversions since the KLM MD-11 incident decades ago have varied.

These allegedly include:
Failure to clear snow effectively one snowy winter which led to the no-divs notam for a couple of weeks.
No fuel available
Lack of parking stands
Problems with handling agents due staff shortages and refusal to work overtime.

I expect parking stands could be an issue this winter with the TP work, but as reported elsewhere, it was apparently a handling agent staff shortage situation that again restricted diversions last evening. I realise we have more flights of our own than the airfields that accepted diversions but presumably respective staffing levels should reflect that.

Personally, I just wish the airport and airlines could get it sorted. At busy times, it must affect the handling of our own flights.

The Pier build has officially begun:

http://i68.tinypic.com/mv25o3.jpg

There's currently one handling agent that are suffering from chronic under staffing that is affecting their ability to handle their own schedule let alone diverted flights.

Yep. We could write a book with that title :)

it = everything that an airport should be good at i.e. moving planes and moving passengers.

Anyway, did they not get a celeb MP type to dig the first hole?

First time nqy-man has topped 10k a month from what I remember. Decent growth on this route

MAN struggles to handle it's own flights, without any others. Sadly, these days it's the only option MAN has-no divs.

That may well be the case as things stand but I hope MAN are not that complacent about the situation.

Good news about the extra VS capacity next summer on JFK & ATL whatever the reason. After all, they could have decided just to operate one or both of the routes less than daily.

Last count I did MAN had more or less as many based units as it has stands, nearly all full at night - I'm hardly surprised LPL divs went elsewhere at that time of night. The place is bulging at the seems with its own metal, diversions will be sent elsewhere for many years to come. I don't see the problem TBH, not MAN's job to leave spare stands incase LBA, LPL or anywhere else maybe fogbound.

I can confirm 94 aircraft on the ground at 2200 last night.

If we had a joined up transport policy then a degree of contingency planning would be required.
We don’t, therefore it’s not.

Even Edinburgh no longer has the ability to park business jets for long as they closed the GAT. On occasion, business traffic for Edinburgh drops off passengers at EDI then positions out to GLA for parking only to return later. Hardly green or best practice but airport privatisation and shareholders needing ROI comes at a price.

That is a relatively under the radar success story. I wonder if it is O&D traffic or transfer traffic (which could be short or long haul) using the route?

Travelled out of Man to YYJ via KEF and SEA absolutely no problems at Man. KEF very busy with transfer traffic and undergoing some building work. Returned on Monday on TCX from SFO again no problem and from deplaning to getting home in Stockport 80 minutes. The A330 carried 304 passengers and 13 crew with about 30 people transferring to flights to Frankfurt and Milan Cheers Sam

NQY-MAN is a bit of everything from personal observation on the route.

Plenty of flybe U.K./euro transfers
Plenty of MAN/NQY terminating traffic
Decent amount of onward longhaul connections with plenty of codeshare customers checking in at NQY

However. As said. This is a successful route, ideally it could further increase with the use of NQY based equipment with an early AM departure

Manchester Airport sets out on community engagement over plans to extend dual-runway operation hours | Knutsford Guardian

Runway 1 and Runway 2? Does that mean 02/20 is Runway 3 :}