Northwest England Route Development Fund

Can Yorkshire Forward set up a scheme so Humberside can get new routes

Can Yorkshire Forward set up a scheme so Humberside can get new routes

I’d rather see bmi expandeven more l/h out of MAN 😉 They have interest in MAN! BA mainline certainly DON’T!

I’d rather see bmi expandeven more l/h out of MAN 😉 They have interest in MAN! BA mainline certainly DON’T!

If CX and QF restart, I would hope that MAN insists that BA codeshares the service and drops the codeshares on the shuttle service; all you need to do is cast your mind back a few years and discover CX codesharing the shuttle service whilst BA didn’t reciprocate on the HKG service that CX operated – a good starting point for any new service would be to operate it non-stop as that type of service shows a greater ability to be more popular than a one-stop service! I’m not anticipating QF for at least 3 more years, if ever 🙁 When they got the extra frequencies to Britain, they stated that they intended to focus all their UK operations at LHR for 3 to 5 years.

AS for BA, given that they have (through BACitiExpress) steadily built up their hub to make it 33 destinations available ex-MAN from the 20+ based aircraft, I would hope that the expansion of T3 would enable more wide-bodied stands to be built and consequently drop a subtle hint to BA that the facilities are now in place for a couple more aircraft for long-haul! Having said that, it would be nice to know what’s going to replace the DHC8s – more ERJ145s (quite likely) or some EMB170s (allows for route capacity to be bumped up whilst freeing up the ERJ145s for the DHC8 routes).

If CX and QF restart, I would hope that MAN insists that BA codeshares the service and drops the codeshares on the shuttle service; all you need to do is cast your mind back a few years and discover CX codesharing the shuttle service whilst BA didn’t reciprocate on the HKG service that CX operated – a good starting point for any new service would be to operate it non-stop as that type of service shows a greater ability to be more popular than a one-stop service! I’m not anticipating QF for at least 3 more years, if ever 🙁 When they got the extra frequencies to Britain, they stated that they intended to focus all their UK operations at LHR for 3 to 5 years.

AS for BA, given that they have (through BACitiExpress) steadily built up their hub to make it 33 destinations available ex-MAN from the 20+ based aircraft, I would hope that the expansion of T3 would enable more wide-bodied stands to be built and consequently drop a subtle hint to BA that the facilities are now in place for a couple more aircraft for long-haul! Having said that, it would be nice to know what’s going to replace the DHC8s – more ERJ145s (quite likely) or some EMB170s (allows for route capacity to be bumped up whilst freeing up the ERJ145s for the DHC8 routes).

why should BA be stirred into action at MAN when they haven’t done anything at either GLA or EDI (or PIK/ABZ for that matter) since the Scottish Route Development fund came about last year?

why should BA be stirred into action at MAN when they haven’t done anything at either GLA or EDI (or PIK/ABZ for that matter) since the Scottish Route Development fund came about last year?

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For MAN, I wonder how many of the “lost” long-haul routes will be introduced and whether BA will be stirred into action.

Ahem will never happen, remeber BA is known here as London Airways 😀
Bring back CX, SAA and QF i say!

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For MAN, I wonder how many of the “lost” long-haul routes will be introduced and whether BA will be stirred into action.

Ahem will never happen, remeber BA is known here as London Airways 😀
Bring back CX, SAA and QF i say!