The control tower. There is a few similar photso. I think theres one of a bmi A321 in MAN taken from the tower.

I wonder will FR launch DUB-NQy as they seem to fly everywhere else in the UK from Dublin.

Apparently they will only operate some of the flights. I had a look at their site and the flights are being operated by 2 different flight codes so it looks like alot of their flights will be codeshared.

Ryanair also started Dublin-Doncaster this morning although the link to the press release on their website is messed up and all you get is somthing in Italian or Spanish.

Why was the rear slide deployed or does that meen somthing else???

Sky News reported it. They said it was the UKs first ever full service airport,what ever that meens. Its also the first airport to be opened in the UK since Stansted back in 1996.

Good news. Havnt they announced routes from MAN?

Iberia operate a huge amount of flights between Madrid and Barcelona. The majority would be a mix of business travellers and connecting traffic. 45 was a bit off infact they operate 44 flights per day and it would appear thet they no longer operate the A340 on some flights.
If your interested flight leave MAD to BCN at these times.

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