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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Mar 2018, 21:20
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Just like Qatar or Etihad but with shallower...

Just like Qatar or Etihad but with shallower pockets then!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Mar 2018, 00:08
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Good point BUT at "expensive" airports like LGW...

Good point BUT at "expensive" airports like LGW and LHR, that is factored into what they charge the airlines, it's in your ticket price. So when airports like EDI for example go for broke in getting...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Mar 2018, 07:20
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

I note that the US, which suffered the worst...

I note that the US, which suffered the worst terrorist attack in world history, still lets you drop off outside the terminal building. We're mugs.
Also TSA, pull a fraction of the bags aside for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Feb 2018, 11:29
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

I noticed that even Ryanair self handle their...

I noticed that even Ryanair self handle their larger operations.
DUB, MAD and PMI seem to be in house, Ryanair tugs and some ground handling whereas STN, their biggest base is Swissport. I wonder...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Feb 2018, 11:05
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

UK regulations are often tighter and more...

UK regulations are often tighter and more pointless than anything the EU brings in, our people take them too far. (See also Security at MAN T3)
For example, to help deaf and blind people, trains...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Feb 2018, 22:22
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Would Delta sign off on Virgin doing this?

Would Delta sign off on Virgin doing this?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Jan 2018, 10:04
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Agreed, and a solid statement of intent which is...

Agreed, and a solid statement of intent which is always helpful. I rather thought VS would bail on the holiday market after the Delta JV and concentrate on feeding Delta to the exclusion of all else....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Jan 2018, 08:14
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Of course the main reason Monarch went down was...

Of course the main reason Monarch went down was over capacity leading to weak pricing in key markets. Roughly, what % of the additional capacity is a like for like replacement vs. something new?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Dec 2017, 00:51
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Tell me more.......

Tell me more.......
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Dec 2017, 08:26
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

"Good old" flew GLA-CAL-GLA on G-HIAL back in...

"Good old" flew GLA-CAL-GLA on G-HIAL back in August. You arrive on stand and are escorted by security and kept well away from any departing passengers. Huge change from BRR in 2008 when my whole bag...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Dec 2017, 19:01
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

MAN-GLA is natural flybe territory, it was a core...

MAN-GLA is natural flybe territory, it was a core BA route that went to British Regional then BACON then sold to flybe who passed it (back) to Loganair in friendlier days. Of course now flybe want to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Dec 2017, 14:39
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Please show me some evidence BA forced AA to...

Please show me some evidence BA forced AA to downgrade MAN.

Business doesn’t work in this way. It really doesn’t. The idea that someone at Spanish owned IAG has a policy for BA to ensure local...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Dec 2017, 09:19
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Why are we banging on about LHR on the MAN thread...

Why are we banging on about LHR on the MAN thread again? It’s like the battles of the 1980s never end! Virgin understandably need to use their slots, they’re hardly scarce if they’re already yours...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Dec 2017, 20:39
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Oddly enough, Gatwick looks to be going six daily...

Oddly enough, Gatwick looks to be going six daily (!)
CX343 / 354 HKG-LGW-HKG
Joking aside, hope the expansion happens for MAN.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Dec 2017, 14:07
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Chaps you might be reading a tad too much into...

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...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Dec 2017, 14:56
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

So four A330-200s to be based at MAN, would that...

So four A330-200s to be based at MAN, would that be a five aircraft base for summer, with one B744?
More interestingly is what the released airframes are going to be doing back at LHR/LGW?
4...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Dec 2017, 14:45
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

If you're being bullied and it's genuine hatred...

If you're being bullied and it's genuine hatred please tell the mods who will sort it out ASAP. Genuinely, no one should be actually bullied. Otherwise....

Great post! In business, all too often,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Dec 2017, 08:41
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Depending how you define "vast". A strong...

Depending how you define "vast". A strong business leader could have made a good business case for it under contingency planning. Penny wise and pound foolish. We really don't do forward planning...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Dec 2017, 19:15
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Being reported elsewhere MAN is getting leased...

Being reported elsewhere MAN is getting leased A330-200s to maintain the VS operation while their own metal covers, wait for it, London (boooooo!)

Seems the B787 engine issues are to blame. Anyone...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Nov 2017, 11:17
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Chaos at Manchester Airport as passengers are...

Chaos at Manchester Airport as passengers are sent through the wrong door in 'massive security breach'...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Nov 2017, 22:37
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

@Dobbo Dobbo well yes, not a secret. It does much...

@Dobbo Dobbo well yes, not a secret. It does much better in terms of %business per flight and yield than say LGW or MAN which is why airlines pay silly money to get slots.
e.g. China Airlines...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Nov 2017, 21:30
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Why is the fact that Orlando was once the biggest...

Why is the fact that Orlando was once the biggest single onwards connection on the US legacies patronising? It made them a lot of money. Please don’t go out of your way to take offence.
Also,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Nov 2017, 20:23
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Golly yes, it’s all BA’s fault as they hate MAN...

Golly yes, it’s all BA’s fault as they hate MAN and are pulling strings at AA.
EVERYTHING is BA’s fault.
Especially the rain.
Grrrrr BA.
Now be honest, what’s the quid pro quo AA would get out...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Nov 2017, 14:58
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Not quite, their business model fundamentally...

Not quite, their business model fundamentally changed. They killed the Pan Am / TWA model of feeding B747s at JFK to Europe by flying B767s from ORD/DFW/MIA directly and more often and in newer...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Nov 2017, 08:11
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Isn't this the same United that dropped the 777...

Isn't this the same United that dropped the 777 on EWR, dropped the second daily B757 and then dropped Washington? Not sure they've got the traction in market at the mo.


Galley FM also had BA...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Nov 2017, 22:52
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Terrible news for all who remember this as a...

Terrible news for all who remember this as a pioneering route in it's heyday. Thomas Cook's huge expansion into P2P long haul must surely not have helped.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Nov 2017, 12:06
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Passenger experience counts for a lot in my book,...

Passenger experience counts for a lot in my book, it's the main reason MAN T3 is my most hated departure point in the UK by a loong way. MON's departure allows some degree of breathing space to get...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Nov 2017, 19:40
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Leave it to the LHR thread, eh Bagso? ...

Leave it to the LHR thread, eh Bagso?

There’s a really good book in TAS showing diversions at MAN over the years! Highly recommended.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Oct 2017, 13:03
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

In Feb, with hand baggage going hungry and coming...

In Feb, with hand baggage going hungry and coming back the next day.......
Careful what you wish for mind, I think TXC and VS are coming up against the limits of the market they're in, I thought BOS...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Oct 2017, 19:38
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Oh for Pete's sake. If I am getting on a first...

Oh for Pete's sake. If I am getting on a first wave departure in winter, I would very much prefer a well rested and stress free pilot. Same goes for cabin crew.
It's not beyond the wit of man to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Oct 2017, 10:57
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

Depends on how long you go back. My first ever...

Depends on how long you go back. My first ever flight was into MAN on a BA ATP onto what was the new domestic pier, a haven of calm and professionalism. It's still physically visible as part of T3...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Oct 2017, 12:02
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

What’s the % increase per hour with the current...

What’s the % increase per hour with the current two runway layout versus one?
MAN has a huge overnight based fleer which causes enormous peaks and troughs throughout the day.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Sep 2017, 21:41
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

If we had a joined up transport policy then a...

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...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Sep 2017, 22:13
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

On Virgin, is it correct that Cabin Crew are MAN...

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?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Sep 2017, 09:47
Replies: 4,597
Views: 3,372,631
Posted By Skipness One Echo

So perhaps you could stop defending MAN 100% of...

So perhaps you could stop defending MAN 100% of the time?
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