Great pics, especially the Wizzair 320! They really stand out for drivers on the M1 when they’re on finals 🙂

agree: great report and superb pictures!

Are there any direct links with these destinations (particularly Budapest) from the north of England or even Scotland? I didn’t think there were.

Malev used to fly MAN-BUD a couple of years ago with their Fokkers but the route is currently suspended.

Interesting report and excellent photos

Isnt a twice daily service really more convienent……the normal holiday maker in most cases isnt going to care about the type of aircraft being used…just the more choice in departure times?

For business travellers 2 or more daily services is really convenient. MAN already has this albeit with different airlines.

Superb pics, especially the inflight ones!

Great shots! I can remember seeing Peach, CC and ATA regularly at MAN as a young teenager. Didn’t that CC L1011 also operate for Air Ops at some point? (there’s another Air Ops L1011 in the background, to the left of the HY IL62).

I’m not interested in your clan warfare 😉 – I’m just pointing out that the catchment areas for the two services are very close and must inevitably overlap at some point. And they are.

I guess the same is partly true of the MAN and BHX services to some extent though. The fact that the MAN service went from a 757 initially to an assortment of larger widebodied types (DC10, 777, 764) hasn’t impeded growth at BHX. I don’t think it’s uncommon for passengers from the Midlands and even the South West to travel up to MAN to take an intercontinental flight.

Many Midlanders aren’t even aware of the number of services available at BHX. Recently, I overheard some Brummies discussing flying to Australia – one said to the other “You’d have to travel to London or Manchester to get a flight to somewhere like Australia.” Obviously, Emirates should be doing a bit more advertising in that region :p