Manchester Happenings (Merged)

[jongeman]

Lord 24R

Not all Iranians in the UK are here for political reasons, old boy. Some maybe, but by no means most. There is a healthy UK - Tehran VFR and business market.

Pip pip

Jonge

[Euroboy39]

On a slight tangent, just been reading that Monarch Scheduled is now the largest scheduled international carrier at MAN- wow! No longer does BACX hold the crown, or even Jet2 for that matter. Hmmm, would love to see T3 renamed Monarch and Domestic Terminal.

[busflyer]

Does anyone have any idea if Emirates plan a third daily to Manchester?
Based on the current loads i'd say that there is sufficent demand for an additional 330 service.

[EGCC]

Well I don't see how Terminal 3 British Airways can be soley used for this airline and oneworld partners when the rest of the airport is full at peak times. With the reduction of BACX flights in the coming months and the planned extension of T3 in the near future I wouldn't be surprised to see some airlines moving over to T3. Changes must be on the way!

[bozzy]

is there room for a t3 expantion plan, were would it go?:confused:

[jongeman]

bozzy....T3 is to be expanded towards Alpha catering (towards the airport hotel) I think it's an extension of that pier, but don't know how far it will go. This is the only direction T3 can expand.

[Vuelo]

Cathay to Hong Kong via Moscow from January, apparently. To be based at T3.

[This Charming Man]

Same as this summer.They hold primetime daily slots for this winter however they will not commit to a firm start date .....

I smell a rat ...again :E

[cbt_bear_MAN]

Are EZY to announce a new base at MAN tomorrow..? There is a big announcement planned from them tomorrow apparently, and MAN is a candidate I hear.

[TURIN]

PIA to alter it's schedule.

10 B777-200ER flights KHI-MAN-JFK-MAN-KHI to be canx as the new B777-200LR will operate direct KHI-JFK-KHI.

B747's to go by the end of JAN 06 possibly to be replaced by the B777-200ERs made available.

Also an unsubstantiated rumour (aren't they all?) that the KHI-LAX direct with B777-200LR may drop in to MAN, depending on loads.

[concorde001]

10 flights to be cancelled - thats alot! Will they be replaced by additional services from MAN to Pakistan. What is the demand like from MAN to Pakistan? I heard it was massive - demand outruns supply and many have to connect in DXB and DOH to get to Pakistan.

[jongeman]

When CX appear, offering HKG daily, I'll skip down the central reservation of the M56, naked, in rush hour, whilst eating my hat.

Easyjet - don't know, although they did apply for slots in the summer.

concorde001. I wouldn't worry about PIA going direct to the USA. They carry so few passengers between MAN, YYZ and JFK anyway, and they probably take up stand space at the moment. We know that's a peak time problem at T2

Yes the MAN - Pakistan market is huge, and PIA are apparently to be joined by Airblue and that other uk airline, the name of which I forget.

[Centre cities]

Manchester still has a very impresive schedule of point to point flights to Pakistan.

To be honest the other flights were as such not Manchester flights at all and could have transited via anywhere within range that had a long enough runway. A chap from Pakistan to the USA was not bothered where he touched down to re fuel within reason

Looking at the PIA seat availability on the web site before they chenged it there appeard very little Manchester passengers on these flights.

Centre cities

[Lord Toofouright]

Air Atlanta on lookout for B747-300's!! Now I wonder if AP-BFU, BFV,BFW,BFX,BFY & BGG will become TF-BFU,BFV etc etc.??? :}

Won't be as gooda crawl as now though!? Paint scheme is almost Atlanterish as it is?

Pip pip,

Lord T.
:E :ok:

[Euroboy39]

If Virgin are going 10x weekly to MCO next summer, does this mean there are 2 MAN based aircraft? If so, assuming each aircraft can do a daily MAN-MCO-MAN rotation, then what is the second aircraft going to be doing Monday- Thursday? Could this mean more routes?

Enlighten me people! :)

[eggc]

Re Virgin to MCO

Currently a 744 posn's from LGW to operate the extra flights on a Friday morning and goes back to LGW Mon - Thur.

[pwalhx]

What happened to the Easyjet announcement, have I missed it?

[bozzy]

some news from the m.e.n.
mahan air is to start a twice weekly service to tehran using an airbus.
gb airways is starting a direct route to marrakesh from the 1 nov.
bwia is reviving its flights to trinidad via barbados after a break for essential aircraft maintenance, also bmi is adding a monday flight to barbados and aa is going to fly to miami between jan- march.

[GOLF-INDIA BRAVO]

No new news then

G-I-B

[jumbo girls]

wondering if anybody could help me out?

Olympic holidays, have a chartered a Airline to operate a Sharm el Shaikh service from manchester during the winter departing at 13.55 on sundays.

using a three letter code LXO, does anyone which airline this is?

many thanks!

[Caslance]

LXO is the code for Luxor Air.

Before anyone says it... the code for Air Luxor is LXR.

Confused? Join the club. :ooh:

[GOLF-INDIA BRAVO]

Hope this link works
Basically they are an Egyptian Airline with MD-80s

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=913245&WxsIERv=ZpQbaaryy%20Qbhtynf%20ZQ-83%20%28QP-9-83%29&Wm=0&WdsYXMg=Yhkbe%20Nve&QtODMg=Oehffryf%20-%20Angvbany%20%28Mniragrz%29%20%2F%20Zryfoebrx%20%28OEH%20%2 F%20ROOE%20%2F%20ROZO%29&ERDLTkt=Orytvhz&ktODMp=Nhthfg%2024%2C%202005&BP=1&WNEb25u=Wna%20Frirevwaf&xsIERvdWdsY=FH-OZR&MgTUQtODMgKE=&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=49&NEb25uZWxs=2005-09-03%2007%3A47%3A19&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=49628%2F1582&static=yes&width=1200&height=812&sok=JURER%20%20%28nveyvar%20%3D%20%27Yhkbe%20Nve%27%29%20%20 BEQRE%20OL%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=1&prev_id=&next_id=911015


G-I-B

[kutereba]

whats happening at manchester - if bacx leave t3 who would want to be moved there - i flew from there a few weeks ago and wast impressed - was even more disappoibted when i saw the aggage claime - all 2 of them and so higgledy piggldy - i designed beter on airport inc years ago

plus landing into t2 this week i had to q for half an hour at immigration despite having a gb passport im guesing they're clamping down on immigration but wouldnt it make sense for them to employ more staff to do this rather then make do with what they ahve.

also whilst im on my high horse first choice at t2 need sorting out quing for check in like that omg and dont even get me started on excel check in desks being located t2 arrivals - and people thought the station was a strange place to check in - before u know it they'll take out a sink per toilet and add a check in desk there.

i know they're expanding but have they even though about how thay are going to do this

but on a completely differant note when r mh going to go daily - they used to go via munich why not increase to daily with the new flts going via europe - i work for a tour operator and it really winds me up when pax have to extend there holidays or even worse overnight in kul cos their flt from per/lgk/bki etc dont connect

i know they changed their scehduals to same money but it makes no sense!

thanks for listening to me ramble

i support man 100% jst wish it would sort its act out which reminds me - is it gate 300in t2 were u get ahve way down one of the piers and then down stairs - the sign so small blink and you'd miss it -

[Lord Toofouright]

Dear Kutereba. What???????

Lord T.
:uhoh: :confused:

[kutereba]

sorry was on a bit of a rant - the main points being

cant believe how unorginised man appears to be -

seems like they are just chucking check in desks anywhere - the station, arrivals

just hope that there is some grand design of things that will make the airport great again

flew from t3 for the first time recently and was shocked at how un organised that appears to be - i cant understand any airline wanting to use it after bacx go
i mean the baggage carosells seem to of been chucked in as an after thought and it al seems like corriders



then completely seperately i had a rent about mh flt schedual into man with connection times being the main prob - and also the lack of a daily service - which i know would do well if the times were better thought out

well hope my little rant has entertained you -

[GOLF-INDIA BRAVO]

Most Asian long haul flights arrive mid late afternoon, if you look at Heathrow Singapore, Malasia ,China, Japan and Thai etc nearly all arrive after 16.00 with a second batch arriving very early morning
around 05.00 and allow for a mid morning departure from asia and a mid afternoon return if I remember correctly

G-I-B

[TURIN]

kutereba
Please, use capitals at the begining of sentences.

For God's sake put a full stop at the end. I'm out of breath trying to read your ramble, never mind understand it!


Use a spell checker!

Most of us do not understand your abbreviations. This is not texting, you have a keyboard; Use it!!



Put simply, I agree 100% with Lord Toofouright.



:ok:

[EGCC]

T2 Phase 2 expansion plans are pretty much finalised now. Remote pier has been dropped, instead the expansion will see west pier extended, along with the main terminal building to incorporate purely extra retail space.

Extra check in desks are to be located in the concourse currently used as landside retail. Security is apparently moving to the mezzanine level (sounds like a right messy set up!)

Passengers using aircraft parked on the remote west apron stands will be bussed out from T2 bussing lounge. Great.

Let the chaos begin!

[lexxity]

OH good god no! I have experienced this kind of lunacy at LAX in the AA terminal. Check in desks EVERYWHERE and security hidden up a set of stairs on a mezzanine level. It was utter, utter chaos (this was last march) and because of the chaos we actualy missed two flights! Not the way forward MAN.:rolleyes:

[bozzy]

Has Manchester got the land to build a new terminal maybe a t4, that would be good or isn't there the demand for another terminal. Its getting stupid with were they are putting check-in desks.

[Adola69]

Now look guys, don't give MA management a hard time! They can't help it making ****e decision after ****e decision, as they don't seem to any cohesive brain function between them at all.
It's always " Lets do it on the cheapest possible basis, and not consider passenger needs for smooth uncomplicated check-in and security searches, but we'll spend lots making sure we can relieve them of their cash at the retail outlets".
I think they should also consider the following:-
Have multiple retail outlets on the Mezzanine level, so you could shop whilst you queue for security. The queing system could actually be made to go from shop to shop, and then you'd have no heavy bags to carry up the stairs to get to security in the first place. :{
See how many empty cargo units there are in the freight village and put some check-in desks in them. Pax will only have a short walk down the road to the terminal of their choice.
:yuk:
During the hours the MSF hut isn't being used, ie during darkness ( long winter nights are approaching), add more check-in desks.:oh:
Have variable terminal check-in with large matrix signs on all approach roads directing pax to the terminal with the most spare check-in at the time and then let them walk to their the gate regardless of terminal.

However before I get too carried away, these ideas are probably already being considered by MA mismanagement. Long may it continue though, as Peel holdings and others would have nothing to laugh about if they were to stop. No wonder airlines like BMi would sooner run out of LHR etc, when you see the no-spared expense of T5! Remember there are no more runway slots at Heathrow, just better facilities being built for the Pax and the airlines, and that makes me:mad::mad: :mad: :mad:

[mmeteesside]

How about demolishing the cargo sheds to make way for T4, they could build a cargo terminal over next to the approach for 24L (hardly ever used)

mmeteesside

[GOLF-INDIA BRAVO]

I think that would go down very well in Styal Village and the surrounds
and all the beautiful country that would have to be dug up

G-I-B

[MancRy]

Adola,
I understand some of the points you make but the who situation must be put into context.....

1) Airport managers around the world are having to deal with the constant erosion of aeronautical income streams. As a result every airport must maximise non aeronautical revenue through shops (rent) etc and if this means making terminals into shopping malls then so be it because in essence thats all they are.
2) You made a reference (indirectly albeit) to check in desks being situated in the station..... if people are informed of exactly where they should check in (as a travel agent i always did this) then checking in at the station is minimal fuss. (just get dropped off at the station)
3) Extra check in desks at terminal 2 will no doubt leave many out of use during the winter. However, many are left empty during the summer afternoons anyway and in winter, T2 is still very busy during the morning. I dare say they are actually doing this to encourage carriers (that many on this forum so desperately want to see) to operate from MAN
4) BD are not benfitting from T5.

[AUTOGLIDE]

It's understandable that an airport has to make profit where it can, the bemusement people feel at MAN is that within the span of a decade or so it's gone from the sublime to the ridiculous.
T2 and the Skywalk are great, T3 is pretty good too..., then we get check-in at the Station. OK no logistical argument against it, but it's just nasty and cheap and passengers take the p*^s out of it.
Agree about LHR T5, now that is a serious project....

[PRobe]

CPT from MAN and LGW.

"Travel5Live, a new Manchester-based operator established by former Sabre Airways - now Excel Airways - founder and director Jim Wyatt, plans a South Africa programme.


Former CT2 chief executive Brian Murfin, who has been acting as a consultant to the company for the past three months, has acquired 37.5% shareholding.


Murfin has been working with Travel5Live on a start-up South Africa holiday progromma which is expected to go on sale via the trade in October. The operator plans to offer the only direct charter flights from Gatwick and Manchester to Cape Town for the winter 2006-07......"



http://www.travelmole.com/stories/105064.php

[GrahamK]

Icelandair starting MAN flights from April 2006. 2 x weekly

[Shed-on-a-Pole]

Thomsonfly has today announced new "high frequency scheduled services" ex-MAN to AGP, ALC, PMI and IBZ effective Spring 2006. UK bases for Thomsonfly scheduled services will rise from 3 to 11 airports; MAN is one of eight new departure points. The Thomsonfly fleet is set to rise from 43 to 48 aircraft to accommodate the changes.

Clearly, the fleet figure quoted includes both the traditional 'charter' fleet and the no-frills B737's. With this in mind, can anybody advise whether the MAN scheduled services are set to be operated by the B737's or with familiar B752/B762/B763 equipment? The Thomsonfly website carries a presentation on the changes but is quite generalised in content. The MAN services do not yet appear to be bookable on the website. Any specific details of frequencies and days of operation would be appreciated.

Cheers, SHED.

[roverman]

MAN enjoyed a record flying day last Friday (9th September). A total of 818 aircraft movements used the two runways midnight-midnight. This is the busiest day in the airport's history with the exception of 28th May 2003 when many additional charter flights operated for the European Champions League final. Friday is normally the busiest day of the week, and there have been several 800+ movement Fridays this Summer. MAN is moving metal at a fair rate these days, the investment in a second runway starting to pay back. The 1000 movement day may be less than 5 years away.

[Vuelo]

The Icelandair timings are appalling! Not very well geared for transatlantic connections nor businesss in my view.

[jongeman]

I can't find the Icelandair timings on their website!

[pwalhx]

Any news on who is taking the slots vacated by BACX

[LBIA]

Heres the Thomsonfly flight details for Manchester Next summer. Flights are now also on sale at thomsonfly.com


Manchester – Alicante
TOM3171 07:50 11:40 -2----- 01/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM4572 08:35 12:25 -----6- 01/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM5017 16:20 20:10 ---45-- 01/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM1877 17:55 21:45 1-----7 01/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
Alicante – Manchester
TOM4528 13:20 15:10 -----6- 01/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM3172 20:25 22:15 -2----- 01/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM5018 21:20 23:10 --45-- 01/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM1878 22:55 00:45 1-----7 01/05/2006 - 31/10/2006

Manchester – Malaga
TOM6291 07:30 11:35 ---45-- 02/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM4143 07:45 11:50 ------7 02/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM4763 07:45 11:50 -----6- 02/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM2151 16:40 20:50 -2---- 02/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM2151 16:40 20:50 1----- 22/05/2006 - 30/10/2006
Malaga – Manchester
TOM6292 12:40 14:40 ---45-- 02/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM4144 12:50 14:50 ------7 02/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM4764 12:50 14:50 -----6- 02/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM1898 21:05 23:05 -2----- 02/05/2006 - 31/10/2006
TOM1898 21:05 23:05 1------ 22/05/2006 - 30/10/2006

Manchester – Palma
TOM2457 00:05 03:40 -----6- 27/05/2006 – 07/10/2006
TOM2423 07:30 11:05 ----5-- 01/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM5463 07:45 11:20 ---4--- 01/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM5869 07:45 11:20 -2----- 09/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM2391 08:00 11:35 -2----- 01/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM3373 08:20 11:55 -----6- 01/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM3017 17:30 21:05 ------7 01/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM5731 17:50 21:25 1------ 01/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM1797 19:10 22:45 ---4--- 04/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM1813 23:35 03:10 -----6- 15/07/2006 – 23/09/2006
Palma – Manchester
TOM1814 04:10 05:55 ------7 16/07/2006 – 24/09/2006
TOM2458 04:50 06:35 -----6- 27/05/2006 – 07/10/2006
TOM2392 12:20 14:10 -2----- 01/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM5464 12:20 14:05 ---4--- 01/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM8570 12:20 14:05 -2----- 09/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM3374 12:55 14:40 -----6- 01/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM2424 19:35 21:20 ----5-- 01/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM3018 22:05 23:50 ------7 01/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM5732 22:25 00:10 1-----7 01/05/2006 – 31/10/2006
TOM1798 23:55 01:40 ---4--- 04/05/2006 – 05/10/2006

Manchester – Ibiza
TOM6053 00:40 04:20 ------7 02/07/2006 - 24/09/2006
TOM6933 00:55 04:35 -----6- 27/05/2006 - 25/09/2006
TOM2471 06:10 09:50 --3---- 03/05/2006 - 28/10/2006
TOM4611 16:25 20:05 -----6- 03/05/2006 - 28/10/2006
TOM1017 17:20 21:00 ----5-- 03/05/2006 - 28/10/2006
TOM4631 22:45 02:35 1------ 27/05/2006 - 25/09/2006
Ibiza – Manchester
TOM4632 03:35 05:15 -2----- 27/05/2006 - 25/09/2006
TOM6054 05:30 07:10 ------7 02/07/2006 - 24/09/2006
TOM6934 05:45 07:25 -----6- 27/05/2006 - 25/09/2006
TOM2472 10:50 12:30 --3---- 03/05/2006 - 28/10/2006
TOM4612 21:05 23:50 -----6- 03/05/2006 - 28/10/2006
TOM1018 22:10 23:50 ----5-- 03/05/2006 - 28/10/2006

[Vuelo]

Yet more Mediterranean tediousness from Thomsonfly....

I hope a lo-co sarts to Rome next summer, can;t believe Manchester has no direct Rome service!

[Shed-on-a-Pole]

Don't knock 'Mediterranean Tediousness', Mr. Vuelo! It's the bread and butter which keeps many of us gainfully employed. Nice destinations for a chill-out visit too ... why not cheer yourself up with a trip away? Not tedious at all?

[roverman]

Rome?! .........who wants to go there for a stag do?! No clubbing, just a load of old ruins. You'll be wanting flights to Verona for the opera next. The public gets what the public wants - cheap flights to cheap beer.

[Flightrider]

Air Berlin going on MAN-STN twice a daily with a 737-800 this winter should prove interesting for Eastern.

[MAN777]

What are the Icelandair timings ? Could it be for shopaholic icelandics wanting to taste Mancunian delights !!

[rkenyon]

I saw on another forum that Emirates are moving to T2 at MAN.

Is this true?

If so, when is the move due to happen?

Cheers,
Rick

[Playamar]

Flighrider

AB/BER to Stansted. Where is this info from as no record on AB/BER website. Please supply link to source

[Flightrider]

It isn't a matter of public record yet, but they have applied for slots at both MAN and STN for this operation - roughly 0730 and 1730 departures ex STN and flights ex MAN 1h30 later. Given that the more profitable "end" of the route for Eastern was in Stansted-originating traffic coming up to Manchester for the day, this could be a problem for it if Air Berlin launch with a cheaper, better schedule.

[Curious Pax]

Anyone know what Jet2 are up to with the MAN-AMS route? Their website only has it available till Jan 8th '06 - please tell me they aren't pulling off the route? Would be a shame on 2 counts - a) the revised schedule from the end of October looks more business-friendly so should get more traffic; and b) KLM charge an arm and a leg on the route which will make cheap trips home a problem unless I go to LPL!

[NCLRULES]

HLX have added a route to Hanover from Manchester, flights starting in March 06.

[MichaelDoyle]

Hi
Aer Arran have also announced today flights between the Isle of Man and Manchester.
Regards
Michael

[Mr A Tis]

Oh dear, HLX MAN to Hanover & RE to IOM,That's another two BACX routes up the shoot then.:hmm:

[mudcity]

monarch will be closing the MAD route wef the end of october....

[Skipness One Echo]

Just out of curiosity, who flies the BA MAN-JFK service. Are the flight deck crew / cabin crew mainline or Citiexpress? Who does the aircraft fly for?

[Le Bob]

Flights still on Monarch website for sale. Only 4 x weekly thoughThu/Fri/Sun/Mon

[gps117]

ok the man - jfk

flightcrew are ba mainline

cabin crew- majority are BAR crew on a mainline contract with a few citiexpress crew thrown in for measure

when you book on ba.com it says the route is owned by mainline

the aircraft and route is owned by BA as the aoc for citiexpress only covers europe.

However the money from the route goes into citiexpress coffers, its about the only route that makes money, 2 milion profit at the last shout

[Railgun]

And news on the grapevine is its going to Mainline crew and will be a mainline route once the aircraft has been "dusked", which will be sometime next year or the year after with the time the mods are taking.

[jongeman]

I don't really care who operates it.

As long as it stays and isn't scrapped or given to AA, just because it doesn't suit their LHR-centricity

[MichaelDoyle]

Hi
Does anybody know whatb aircraft operates the 22:45 First Choice flight to RHO tomorrow.Hope its a 321.Never been on one before

Regards
Michael

[Capitol 203]

Evening Michael,

If you mean flight FCA2686, hard luck.....it's planned as an A320 I believe.

[Vuelo]

I can't see ZB giving up Madrid...they almost never succumb, and especially never succumb on a route where the only other operator is British Airways!

If MAplc want a really successful Madrid service, they want to attrac Iberia back, and it can feed nicely in to IB's long-haul network. IB merely codesharing with BA doesn;t do the same thing.

[Mr A Tis]

..and whilst they're at it - get Iberia back on the Barcelona route. One wonders what happened to all the C class pax that used to use IB, now they are stuck with the bucket & spade ZB service.

[Vuelo]

My BA spies tell me the C class BCN pax went to BHX for their direct service, instead.....it's full C class most days so they say.

While it is great that Jet2 have a LBA Rome service in the pipeline, i's a shame MAN was not given a direct link to the Italian capital aswell. Though lets look at the facts, now we have a Ryanair service from LPL and a Jet2 from LBA and the AZ to MXP frpm MAN, I can;t see us getting a Rome service in the near future.

Though if a far eastern longhaul starts like Thai, Garuda, China Eastern or Cathay, they might route in to MAN via ome...? It's just a thought!

I see Cathay have applied for slots again, this year they have been given T1 slots, arriving about 7am and departing 9am, though i don't see them starting much before summer 06...unless somewhere here knows different?

[Playamar]

Monarch are giving up Madrid as not showing on their website as available in November. The timetable originally said 4 per week as reported by Le Bob biut when you tried to book there were no flights.

Look at their website yourself Vuelo if you don't believe it.

The same situation arises with Maersk to Copenhagen- can't book flights for the winter on their website, although its in the timetable. Is this another airline pulling the plug from Manchester??l

[Railgun]

The BHX - BCN flights are never full C class as most C class pax refuse to travel on small aircraft. They only do if they need to get there urgently. Mass's of pax travel to LHR from MAN to recieve a proper C class service that will let them work on the aircraft.

[GOLF-INDIA BRAVO]

Now Maersk have been taken over by Sterling I believe they have decided to drop route

G-I-B

[Vuelo]

Maersk are no great loss, their timins were absolute ****e anyway.

[MichaelDoyle]

Hi
Thanks Capitol 203 for the help.Indeed it is an A320 just had a look in my flight check I bought today.Anyway the A320 is a great aircraft.
Regards
Michael

[bozzy]

yeah the a320 is a lovely aircraft, i am currently being trained up on that aircraft (cabin crew) for gb airways and its gorgeous inside, well gb anyway all leather seats its nice, cant wait to work on it in a few weeks out of man.

[MichaelDoyle]

Hi
Yes.I have to agree with you bozzy.Ive just flew to Rhodes with it last night.What a flight it was and what an aircraft.Lovely and clean outside and the inside was new and immaculate.G-OOAX I think it was.The brand new one.Also the sound of the engines is 1 of the best Ive heard from sitting at the front.Can't wait for the return flight.Hope its just as good.Good luck with your training aswell bozzy.I hope to see you on my GB flight to Paphos next July.
Regards
Michael

[Scottie Dog]

I'm sorry if I offend anybody, but I thought that this thread was about Manchester Happenings and not flight experiences. Would some of these postings not be better in the Passengers & SLF forum.

Scottie Dog

[MichaelDoyle]

Hi
Sorry Scottie Dog.I might have got a bit carried away from the original question.No offence taken.But on the subject of MAN why hasnt Etihad been announced yet?I thought it was a cert to be announced by now.
Regards
Michael

[Scottie Dog]

I think the simple answer is that so many announcements have been made on this site - based upon early slot applications - that nothing should be taken for granted, until the airline goes public.

As far as Etihad are concerned I am aware of what has already been said, and where that information has come from, but let's wait and see - do you remember the easyJet saga of last year?

Cheers

Scottie Dog

[Bagso]

Maersk was a daily service and appeared to be doing well !

We can can ill-afford to keep losing services like this, regardless of personal opinions.

If we start criticising operators based purely on timings as a justification that they are "no great loss" we might as well bin 30% of the airlines into Manchester...!

[Vuelo]

Has anyone else noticed how amny more passengers the Qantas feeder services are carrying? Are Qantas now actively promoting the service?

Some days it is nringing in as many as 30 passengers, which doesnt seem many, but previously it was in single figures.

[Railgun]

No the Qantas slot protector is stopping.

[LBIA]

Hi

Whats your thoughts on Jet2 setting up base just round corner up at Blackpool. Will this new operation, affect any off your routes from Manchester???

[Curious Pax]

I doubt it - fyi according to Multimap LBA is 2 miles closer to MAN than BLK (56 miles!). Therefore room for all I should think.

[Going loco]

I wouldn't be too shocked if Jet2 relocated one or two of the MAN based 737s to BLK to run the services using MAN crew. Having three aircraft tied up at MAN running Gatwick, Edi'bugh and Amsterdam isn't a great money spinner with half empty planes. Less fequent but higher yielding routes into the med from Bpool could be a better use.

loco

[airhumberside]

Jet 2 appear to be starting Rome according to their website

[cbt_bear_MAN]

What Jet2 have done is genius! They have obviously looked at who is booking what, and where they live. There must be heavy demand from Lancashire and Cumbria for flights to Palma, Belfast and Murcia, so they have met demand from the people of those regions and provided the necessary services.

Watch out for a Prague or Budapest service from BLK! There are hundreds of Eastern Europeans working in the resort who need a cheap flight to visi family.

[Johnny F@rt Pants]

Announced now thet Jet2.com will be operating MAN to Rome Fiumicino from April 06.