Archive Route Development & Rumours

[CM.]

New route
Condor- Manchester-Larnaca

Depart: LCA-08:45 Arrive: MAN-10:40
Depart: MAN-13:00 Arrive: LCA-19:45.

From SPD travels on twitter and SeanM1997

 

[Scottie Dog]

For those with an interest I am pleased to be able to give a link to the full ACL report for the MAN W21 Initial Coordination report.

Have fun playing around - there is so much data in it.

Microsoft Power BI

app.powerbi.com

 

[CM.]

New route
Condor- Manchester-Larnaca

Depart: LCA-08:45 Arrive: MAN-10:40
Depart: MAN-13:00 Arrive: LCA-19:45.

Now starting 1st August. SPD travels

 

[Scottie Dog]

From @SPD_Travels on twitter

Hint |

Could be some good news next week, it appears things are looking up again….. https://t.co/srydCyHAAu

 

[IanFarquharson]

I see MAG are losing their Aviation Development Director

 

[Llandudno]

I see MAG are losing their Aviation Development Director

Yes he is off to another airport (not U.K., or even Europe however). An internal candidate is being promoted, and he is quite good at what he does

 

[Scottie Dog]

ACL W21 Review​

The annual report by Airport Coordination Ltd (ACL) for the coming Winter has now been released.

Due to the uncertainty in the W21 schedule and also the comparison with W20 being misleading, ACL have not produced their normal “New requests and significant changes” report.

Looking at the data available it would appear that the following routes will either not be operating, or will only operate for a very limited period during the winter:
Hong Kong, Houston, Mumbai, Cork, Goa, St Lucia, Delhi, Puerto Vallarta, Phuket, New York (Newark), Chongquing, Enfidha, Sumburgh, Keffallinia, Split

The following are the potential new destinations to be served:
London (Gatwick), Oslo (Torp), Vienna, Londonderry, Venice, Bodrum, Bordeaux, Cascassone, Limoges, Lviv, Knock, Nantes, Suceava, Santander, Bilbao, Kuanas, Aqaba, Bucharest, Kuwait, St Petersburg, Zagreb

New Carriers (compared with W20)
Air Baltic, Austrian, Biman Bangladesh, Freebird, Icelandair, Jazeera, Norwegian Shuttle, Pakistan International, Saudia, Singapore Airlines, Sun Express

Carriers lost (compared with W20)
Cathay Pacific, Hi Fly Malta, RAF-Avia

 

[Scottie Dog]

According to a tweet by SPD_Travels, Singapore Airlines are restarting their onward Houston flight from 1st December. Information from Travel Weekly.

 

[Jerry]

Another A380 flight to Manchester in 2022?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1457775161671778305

 

[CM.]

I think Qatar airways. But it’s a mystery.

 

[Starflyer]

Qatar Airways, slots on the QR27/28 lunchtime run requested for an A380 in Summer 2022.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Lunchtime Qatar flight due to grounding of A350's

 

[Scottie Dog]

One new route that appears to have been overlooked is Ryanair UK Manchester-Lviv (RK8500) which commenced on Friday 5th November and operates twice-weekly (Friday and Sunday).

 

[CM.]

Manchester has for a number of new airlines including Condor, Luxair, El Al and Jazeera for summer 22 slots. Some interesting stuff. Tweet below

https://twitter.com/x/status/1460275915770978309

 

[CM.]

Gulf air are planning to start a new route from Manchester to Bahrain starting from March 25th 2022 at 3 weekly on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1460284064783552521

 

[CM.]

Flyr are also planning to enter the UK market with Manchester being included (along with Edinburgh and London Gatwick)

It is thought they will operate Oslo to Manchester at 2 weekly flights. But the plans have not been confirmed yet.

SPD travels and SeanM1997.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Daily Wideroe Dash to BGO is nice too

 

[IanFarquharson]

Are Condor really going to op LCA 4 per day from MAN & BHX ?

 

[Llandudno]

Are Condor really going to op LCA 4 per day from MAN & BHX ?

No, they have applied for 4 sets of slots and will use just one when Biblio Travel decide on their programme. They did the same this summer (applied for 2 daily but used 3 weekly).

 

[CM.]

Looks like another new airline could be seen at Manchester in the next few months. Jazeera have plans to fly from Manchester. I’m guessing Kuwait City. Tweet below

https://twitter.com/x/status/1460716534863650820