Manchester Airport stands behind low-cost heavy weight London-Stansted with just shy of 20 Million passengers handled per annum.

Hmmmm….. the Civil Aviation Authority “rolling” annual passenger figures for March 2004 place Manchester (20,100,485 pax) ahead of Stansted (19,412,659 pax). Where did you get your figures from, A380, and to what period do they refer?

Also, I think you’ll find that Liverpool’s passenger figures rose dramatically because of the major increase in the number of flights operating from the airport (mainly thanks to easyJet) and not because the airport was renamed after the late Mr Lennon.

Maybe there should be a statue of Stelios in the terminal, eh? 😎

Anyway, my money’s on Hilda Ogden International………… (if you have to ask, you’re probably too young to remember).

No problemo – it’s currently appearing in all the best airports as G-JMCF of Thomas Cook Airlines.

GA

According to Airbus Industrie, D-APAC and D-APAD of Privatair are A319-132LRs.

I think we can probably take their word for it…………

ps – Bmi long-haul services started from Manchester, not Glasgow or Edinburgh. British Midland, however, started long-haul services in the late 1960s with Boeing 707s……

Ooops, looks like your problem is solved.

Yes, indeed.

Just the flatulence and the tendency to shoot himself to worry about now………….:rolleyes:

I’m sorry – I just had to buzz your Spits with my Sea Fury…… 😀

Ooooh! Just listen to that Centaurus……….:cool:

I remember it better in this livery. 🙂

p.s. since when did BWIA go to MAN

Since about July 2003, if my memory serves me correctly.

The service was originally operated with L1011 equipment but a variety of aircraft, including LOT 767s, were used until delivery of the ex-Virgin A340 (9Y-JIL) gave them enough long-haul aircraft of their own to operate the service themselves.