Flight VJT946 landed at MAN last night from Santa Cruz in Bolivia - anyone know what this was for?
Jump to postVS cancelling Mumbai and Delhi before they have started. Hopeful of a later start date once this shite has simmered down.
Jump to postMANMatthew wrote:Anyone know about the military planes on finals now?
These updates really need linking. Completely unnecessary.
Jump to postWestJet to launch Halifax to Manchester from June 2020. 4x weekly.
Jump to postDavid_itl wrote:The relaunch of Biman's service today. In what appears to be it's 1st revenue flight, B789 S2-AJY is operating BBC7 - running late though, was due 6pm now around 7pm.
An interesting article on GSTP regarding the rumour BA will launch long haul routes in the future: https://www.godsavethepoints.com/rumour-british-airways-manchester-long-haul-flights/ Even if it happens to spite Virgin, it’s the customer who wins at the end. Will be interesting to when/if this come...
Jump to postUpdate #120 from the MANTP Team - to whom full credit is given. I believe that all reference to taxilane Victor-Bravo is incorrect and should be to Taxilane Juliet https://i.ibb.co/TvhT3xm/Screenshot-562.png https://i.ibb.co/nbQpFjr/Screenshot-563.png https://i.ibb.co/8gkSzh2/Screenshot-565.png htt...
Jump to postWhat a futile page number 14 has been so far. Bore off.
Jump to postgkirk wrote:777-300ER last time. Lets see how long it lasts this time...
Whilst the potential growth of VS at MAN is no doubt a positive for the airport (and therefore something I wouldn’t mind seeing), I really think VS need new metal to compete with ME3, CX and SQ on anywhere eastwards. Even their premium seats are now so dated and the 744s so antiquated, leaving littl...
Jump to postShort answer: no.
Long answer: noooooooooo.
Scottiedog wrote:Yes the service operates with an A320 on a weekly basis. People tend to be ignorant (No insult intended) of its existence.
David_itl wrote:Just our regular weekly service that has operated for a couple of years. Used to come in at the weekend via Malmo. Just does a tech stop in Sofia.
MANMatthew wrote:Does anyone know why there is a flight IA265 on its way to MAN this evening from Baghdad?
Does anyone know why there is a flight IA265 on its way to MAN this evening from Baghdad?
Jump to postAs a frequent traveller to the Far East, I think there is demand for a double daily SQ fight in the longer term. The rationale being I’m sure I’m not the only one who would prefer a 13 hour + 1 hour flight to reach somewhere, as opposed to the 7 + 7 that the ME3 result in currently. I don’t necessar...
Jump to postUser001 wrote:Norwegian will add a 2 weekly Bergen flight from October 28th Mondays and Fridays
April passenger numbers up 8% to 2.39 million to make the rolling 12 month total 28.8 million. "Passenger numbers to Croatia were up 59.4%, Portugal saw growth of 35.3% whilst Finland was up 23.8%. ". Okay 2 touristy destination bumped up for Easter can be easily explained but so Finland ...
Jump to postEY101 diverted to MAN this evening due to a medical emergency. Unfortunate for the passenger but nice to see an A380 that isn’t black, red and green. I think you will find that this actually diverted in on Wednesday and not today. Yep saw that after I posted but frankly, I couldn’t be arsed to amen...
Jump to postEY101 diverted to MAN this evening due to a medical emergency. Unfortunate for the passenger but nice to see an A380 that isn’t black, red and green.
Jump to postWhilst I appreciate the need for compromise during this current period of construction and improvements, the experience I had this morning coming in on QR21 was abysmal. 15 mins wait for stairs to be fetched, 10 mins wait on a bus, 15 mins bus journey to terminal. Topped off by a 10 minute walk to t...
Jump to postI am very unlucky then as I fly MAN-DOH often and always experience 90%LF! Not sure what to say but the previous 6 months figures are here and they are not made up - all from the CAA October 27932 - 174 per flight September 27356 - 185 per flight August - 30440 - 215 per flight July - 31082 - 219 p...
Jump to postI am very unlucky then as I fly MAN-DOH often and always experience 90%LF!
Jump to postHow is QR doing at Cardiff? I know the initial news wasn’t great since the launch.
Jump to postI’m sure it’s not new news now that VS has confirmed purchase of BE. Interesting to see how this pans out over the coming months. Other update includes TUI flying their fortnightly MAN-LGK Jan-Mar this year. Having been to LGK twice in the last 2 years, I wouldn’t use TUI in a month of Sundays, but ...
Jump to postCan anyone shed any light on a comparison I am doing between previous times and current operations at MAN - what First Class options do PAX have either leaving or coming into MAN?
I assume it’s just a question of whether EK or EY operate F class on any of their current services?
Emirates creeping towards the point of an additional rotation at MAN. Now, 2 of the 3 daily A388's are 2 class models. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/280964/emirates-boosts-manchester-capacity-from-dec-2018/ More capacity, but less F seats overall. Now only 1 flight out of the 3 ...
Jump to postBKK has stupid numbers, surely someone can make it work?! A few factors could be at play. Thai airways has made a heavy loss this year so expanding into new market might not be high on their agenda, they only have 80 planes and they can send them elsewhere, have to remember BA, KLM, AF, EK, TK are ...
Jump to postNice TR, btw. what will happen to these aircraft without PremiumClass in winter? Will they fly longhaul as well in all Economy or will they reconfigured?! Thanks a lot! I enjoyed reading this and remembered good old times back in an LTU A 330 to Crete - with no IFE of course :) Not true, all LTU A3...
Jump to postI was on Oman Air flight arriving from MCT yesterday. The load in economy class was pretty poor, less than half from what I observed, but the new B787-9 was nice and better than the older A330. I wonder why their load was so low even in the August summer month, hope they can sustain the route. Trad...
Jump to post2x CX A359s on the ground tomorrow due to today’s being delayed. For anyone who wants a photo anyway.
Jump to postSeems to be a quiet week this week. Guess we have been spoilt with lots of positive announcements recently. One observation from me after flying MAN-MCT-DXB - Oman Air must be holding on to some passengers as O&D instead of nearly 100% transit, because if you are going east QR and EK are still s...
Jump to postWhy am I not surprised this is China-related? I’ll pass thanks.
Jump to postQatar Airways to go 18 weekly from October 28th, with the morning flight increasing from 5 weekly to daily. At the same time, the A350-900 will be introduced on the morning and afternoon flights. The evening flight remains B788. Glad this has come to fruition after me speculating a couple of pages ...
Jump to postRoutes News Some possible changes, which may or may not happen, to add to the confirmed new services: Ethiopian Airlines - Addis Ababa 4 per week, initially via Brussels (this is confirmed). Jet Airways - already reported as 4 per week to Bombay. Intention is to be daily by March 2019. Cathay Pacif...
Jump to postI wonder if Etihad end up pulling one of their flights all together in the longer term, whether the morning EK 777 will go to A388. Just a thought.
Jump to postI would bet DXB as most all passengers are coming into the UAE from one country and transiting to another country. It's how they are set up. with all that traffic they have to be number 1 in transiting passengers. Otherwise they would need a huge increase in hotels to cover the tourism load. You ar...
Jump to postNo loss of ‘clout’ in my experience from available route and carrier options for all my trips. Plus I enjoy them more than others, so long may it continue.
Jump to postWe won't have to wait long to see ET in MAN this year... one of the Champions League exodus to Kiev is actually using MAN and not LPL. An ET A350 will be here from 0730 until 0900 on the 26th May. The other confirmed news about ET is that it's gonig to be Terminal 1 as MAN stated that on their FB p...
Jump to postYes 359 I would say a possibility too, if any. Interesting that Cardiff gets 359 straight away.
Jump to postQuestion for this thread: is a 789 on the horizon for QR instead of their current 788s? The reason I ask is I have flown MAN-DOH 5 times now at various times of the year and flight has been 100% full every time. As Doha airport continues to grow as a hub and the odd bit of increasing O&D traffic...
Jump to postWas just about to post the above about FlyBe and VS - great news to get future VS flights filled up early doors.
What do we think about possible new Caribbean routes launched by VS in the future? Didn’t they operate Antigua 7-8 years ago?
I for one would like to see St Lucia and possibly 1 other.
A photo of the 3 A380s would be great to see. Good work MAN.
Jump to postEurope:
Best - LHR
Worst - BOJ. 3.5 hour wait at Immigration and an overall backwards attitude to international travelling.
Caribbean:
Best - PUJ
Worst - MBJ
Asia:
Best - SIN, KUL, DOH
Worst a BKI
Only experience of America is Chicago, which was one of the worst I’ve arrived/departed in.
No offence mate, but you could've put a bit more effort into your trip report. (See some of mine). This is getting a little old, and by that I'm talking about pictures of food, drinks and business class menus. Consider this constructive criticism and I don't mean to be a troll or mean. Just my hone...
Jump to postLooking forward to seeing a picture of her back at CDG.
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