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  1. David_itl

    Manchester Airport Transformation Programme

    Virgin has what 40? aircraft in it's fleet . There would have been no way that even 10 to 12 aircraft of their own aircraft would have been based, Then if you had original Flybe you may have had perhaps 6 to 10 based aircraft, With the propensity for long-haul being in the morning and...
  2. David_itl

    Saudia

    Looking at Scottie Dog's numbers, MAN is from 60% to 75%, As long as everyone remembers that the typical way that more commercial airlines operate and the likes of government owned airlines like Saudia operate are vastly different as the latter will normally introduce and stay on routes that...
  3. David_itl

    CAA Provisional Statistics Update

    https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-airport-reports-record-breaking-30116369 now officially announced that over 30 million passengers have used the airport in a year
  4. David_itl

    Cricket - just one-day sloggers now?

    Almost 2 years later and again it is the exploits of England in Pakistan that makes you appreciate the belief the side has got. Form or rather results have been a mixed bag but generally the same mantra of positive cricket. Lost the toss and then field for nearly 2 days. Concede 556 so backs...
  5. David_itl

    Jet2.com

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/jet2-makes-major-announcement-for-manchester-airport-ahead-of-2026/ar-AA1rzQa1?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=ASTS&cvid=2edf744773f04721826e0bab28161114&ei=24 Jet2 basing 26 aircraft in 2026 additional flights to: Lanzarote, Malaga, Alicante, Antalya, Menorca, Malta...
  6. David_itl

    The Official Tribute Thread

    Toto Shillaci aged only 59 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cqlvrp4nylwo He came from obscurity, flickered so brightly in the 1990 World Cup then faded back to obscurity just as quickly, The epitome of a relative journeyman living the dream of playing for your country in the...
  7. David_itl

    according to some people, you only need 1 day in each of the Yorkshire Dales, North Wales and...

    according to some people, you only need 1 day in each of the Yorkshire Dales, North Wales and Lake District "to have seen it all". Which is why its minibus tour number 3 this year of the Yorkshire Dales for me on 16th October. Different routes and different things to see each tour.
  8. David_itl

    Archive Route Development & Rumours

    at the time of launching IAH, they were doing 5 weekly tag-on from MUC which is making me think it may not have been daily? I can remember the 3 weekly non-stop 772s
  9. David_itl

    Archive Route Development & Rumours

    I'm not too fussed at what SQ is doing. Going 5 weekly to daily at LGW means about 42% capacity increase. Going 5 weekly split share with IAH here to a 5 weekly whole aircraft availability is going to be something like a 30% to 40% increase in capacity. Ethiopian seemed to be ,more...
  10. David_itl

    Gulf Air

    may be until such time they get more aircraft of the right type.
  11. David_itl

    Gulf Air

    Not too sure how how a route with extremely high loads needs a codeshare but here it is... Thai is codesharing with them from 1st September https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240826-tggfcodeshare
  12. David_itl

    I've done 2 minibus tours with Mountain Goat this week. Monday was North York Moors with over...

    I've done 2 minibus tours with Mountain Goat this week. Monday was North York Moors with over 600 photos and today High Adventure in the Lakes with 750. photos. Slightly snap happy.
  13. David_itl

    Singapore Airlines

    SQ staying 5 weekly at MAN is quite the boost in available capacity if we say a third of SIN-MAN-IAH was reserved for purely SIN-IAH. i wonder if UA is now thinking that if there were to relaunch EWR, there is scope for up to half the aircraft actually connecting to IAH
  14. David_itl

    Virgin Atlantic

    not a good sign when the general public know about the bout of cancellations that the Las Vegas service has had and wonder if its for the chop...
  15. David_itl

    CAA Provisional Statistics Update

    Possibly for the FA Cup Final?
  16. David_itl

    Archive Spotting Movements Log & Heads Up

    couple of noteworthy arrivals expected looking at FR24 12:51 QE728 Farnborough (FAB) Qatar Executive GA7C (A7-CHB) 17:49 UAG101 Riga (RIX) Union Aviation E190 (YL-UAG)
  17. David_itl

    Archive Spotting Movements Log & Heads Up

    charters that I've identified on the airport website for the Euro 2024 final on Sunday Saturday 09:30 LEIPZIG (LEJ) ET8728 Ethiopian Airlines 09:40 BERLIN BRANDENBURG (BER) EI4204 Aer Lingus 10:10 BERLIN BRANDENBURG (BER) EI4206 Aer Lingus 11:10 BERLIN...
  18. David_itl

    Juneyao Airlines

    The 1st flight has just landed. Already a few news stories out e.g. this with a damning comment on the mindset of airlines and individuals who equate going to London as serving the UK and how the UIK benefits...
  19. David_itl

    I've asked Gareth Southgate for the winning lottery numbers. He said 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

    I've asked Gareth Southgate for the winning lottery numbers. He said 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
  20. David_itl

    Archive Route Development & Rumours

    Er... Airbus of all people have got MAN into a top 10 of non-intra African unserved routes! As usual, it's the outlier of all the non-African end of the route They've done a study into African services and it's been the previously highlighted Lagos route. It has access to data that suggests...
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