skog
September 2, 2002 at 10:29 am

Manchester Flights

Hi 🙂

I am a Norwegian living in Manchester, UK.
I travel to Oslo quite a lot, and for now i have been using British Airways’ direct flight, but since they’re kinda expensive i’ve been wondering:

1. Does anyone if any no-frills airlines are planning to expand to Manchester?
The only one there now is Ryan Air, and Manchester-Dublin-Stansted-Oslo is a bit too long for me 🙂

2. Why is it that BA’s direct flight between MAN and OSL is about the same price as KLM thru Amsterdam?

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By: skog - 2nd September 2002 at 13:58

RE: Manchester Flights

I guess i could get to Glasgow, or Stansted for that matter, but it’s difficult to find any cheaper flights with Ryan Air than £75 Round trip inc taxes, and considering train fares and bus fares to and from the airports i wouldnt save that much.

If i book really early with BA (like two months) i can get the direct flight to OSL (two hours closer to Oslo than Torp) for about £160.

I think it’s trange that there arent any no-frills airlines flying from Scandinavia to the north of England. If RyanAir can get enough passangers to fly to Glasgow, Manchester or Liverpool should not be ANY problem. The football interest alone could almost cover it.

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By: Bhoy - 2nd September 2002 at 12:23

RE: Manchester Flights

Ryanair also fly from PIK to Torp. If you can get to Glasgow?

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By: mongu - 2nd September 2002 at 11:44

RE: Manchester Flights

2. Because BA charge rip-off fares on short haul flights from anywhere but LHR or LGW.