true but VLM denied all intentions when I found their schedule too so one to watch.

Indeed but just reporting what is in Amadeus.

Experience at departures terminal 3 not as good at midday this month as last trip was. 5 minute queue at drop off due to road works preparation for the £3 drop off scam. Not all security channels open despite it being Friday of Bank Holiday weekend. 15 minute queue at security. Security helper very polite and friendly though.

Link

plenty of newish info and, of more interest, a new CGI of the T2 Madterplan

Looks like Biman are aiming to return to MAN in November operating Dhaka-Shylet-Manchester-Shylet-Dhaka 2 weekly with B788.

New York tag to be added as soon as they are allowed, but likely 2019.

That was just the icing on the cake for us. After a two hour trip from Leeds due to congestion in Leeds city centre, M62, M60 and M56 (which I accept is not MAN's fault) to be queuing for 45 minutes to do the last mile into the car park is pathetic. I had considered the train but the woman sitting next to me on our flight had taken the train from Leeds, which got as far as Piccadilly and then terminated due to some problem on the line to the airport. She had then the joy of a tram ride, which took an hour.
This isn't the first time I've had issues getting to MAN and we made our flight because you have to factor this sort of delay into your travel time but it does impact on your decision making when looking for flights and the chances of me using T3 in the near future are about zero.

Did you have any intentions of using a T3 carrier in the near future anyway ?

Seems your moan is more about generally poor infrastructure, and even more so, ongoing works to rectify many of those weaknesses that have already been identified.

By the way blame goes straight to the Transport Minister -The Rt Hon Chris Grayling representative for those well known northern boroughs of Epsom and Ewell for the mess of Northern TPE and electrification or more correctly fractured modernisation and timetable misery being inflicted across the north at the moment.

In reality other than Sun and Sangria /Ouzo flights from Leeds, Finingley and staying with MAG East Midlands as well, think what are your better options ?

Lets see two and half hours on the train and an hour on the tube or a little shorter and then fleeced on the most expensive railway on the planet - that will get you to Hearthrow won’t it !

Or anything from 4 hours drive south and parking that will probably cost you more than your holiday !

You could try National Express but that will leave you in the lovely Birmingham Mill Lane Coach Station for a least half an hour of luxury !

Or oh I know a connecting flight well yes KLM will do that for you over Amsterdam okay for that business trip I suppose.

BA however a little less convenient these days via Heathrow what with one mid morning and one evening flight lots of customer choice there!

And well Dublin might beckon however unless you make a risky self connect you could be spending some hours looking across runway 16/34 !

Suppose you could try Birmingham however flights do tend to be rather more expensive and I suggest you google and read over the terminal experience online as they have their problems too !

Then there is Gatwick it’s a real pi**er to get to and from the Northwest and Yorkshire and especially since BA cut flights and Arriva Cross Country decided Bournemouth would pull more punters than Gatwick and Brighton combined !

Luton is a building site and Mecca for East Europe no disrespect meant and 40 minutes to get up New Airport Way in the morning is far from unheard of !

Oh and before I forget wind speeds over a little over a breeze might find your Leeds flight in Manchester in any case.

Just left out Newcastle I think they have an airport of sorts ( jest !)

this isn’t the 3rd airline I eluded to, so this is extra and could make 4 new long haul airlines this winter. With HU to CAN also in the running, as well as the capacity increase from CX, our eastern flights look rosy this winter.

I take it you either work For MAG or only visit occasionally! As someone who works there driving daily the place is a joke and don’t try to think otherwise.
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And did I say otherwise no i didn’t - the signage and diversions or the roads are bl**dy confusing and a nightmare. The terminals are at breaking point in the morning especially T3 , the railways are a mess courtesy of Grayings short sightedness and Network Rail ineptitude wiring down south .
Buses in GMC desperately need an over powering and regulatory body !
Still you missed the whole point - Right now just about all the UKs major airports are creeking yet Manchester is actually doing something with the TP programme underway and its not just vapid and endless talk.
Only other airport taking action is Luton and that’s an equally pleasant experience I think not.

The ‘lack of joined up thinking’ has always been a major feature in this thread, and it seems neither side can win.

The ‘negative side’ get called moaners, the positive side get called ‘fanboys’ and that’s just the way it’s always been and likely always will be.

i personally try to stick to routes news now. I have interjected a bit in the past, but I’ve just accepted now people like a moan. Some of the moaning is justified (like staff east debacle and so on), some of the moans are not (a 15 minute wait at security on one of the busiest days of the year at the UKs 3rd largest Airport isn’t a valid moan in my opinion), but apart from that, this thread is what it is.

welcome to Manchester :E