Manchester Airport - General Thread

[Scottie Dog]

As Dobo has said - if you look at the Manchester Index Page you will see that the forum directory is split into two. The top four are "stickies" in so far as they remain in that frame without moving. The ones in the bottom frame are time related with the newest at the top, but they change on a chronological basis.

Thanks Dobo for getting in there nice and quickly.

 

[Dobbo]

Picking up on my retail/F&B fixation....

http://mediacentre.manchesterairpor...fb-outlets-as-part-of-its-1bn-transformation/

 

[David_itl]

Gone to the bonds market to raise funds for capital expenditure http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...00m-13885225#ICID=Android_MENNewsApp_AppShare

 

[Land23R]

3 times over subscribed! That's a pretty good vote of confidence I would think.

 

[David_itl]

Nice incentive to for travel agents to book MAN flights for travellers to tie in with next year's 80th anniversary

"The UK’s global gateway in the North is offering travel agents who book flights and holidays from Manchester the chance to win one of five Minis and 250 bottles of champagne."

https://businessmanchester.co.uk/20...-biggest-ever-trade-incentive-five-minis-won/

 

[David_itl]

New opinion piece in the Evening News

.Opinion: Andrew Cowan, CEO of Manchester Airport http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/opinion-andrew-cowan-ceo-manchester-13903595#ICID=Android_MENNewsApp_AppShare

 

[Land23R]

Thanks David. This sentence in the article can't be right surely.
"Based on analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data, NPR would increase the population living within two hours of the airport to around 10 million people, compared to around three million today."

I thought the airport usually quoted 22m for its catchment area.

If it's only referring to people with direct rail access to a main line station (NPR), or who use rail to get to MAN, I think it should have been made clearer.

 

[Dobbo]

If you do a google search for "national aviation consultation strategy MAG" you will find a PDF of MAG's submission.

Opens direct so I cannot link. Don't know if there is one for MAN, but MAN appears front and centre in the submissions.

EDIT: I think I posted a link and key quotes from it a few pages back. It's all very familiar...

 

[David_itl]

Knutsford councillors in interesting proposals...

"Fellow working group member Cllr Dean said: “The main problem comes from night noise, and particularly landings on runway two because it’s closer to us. We can reduce the percentage of flights coming in at night, make it so it’s not the worst time of night, or have it so quieter aircraft get the night slots with steeper rates of descent.Obviously there are safety implications, but as an example London City Airport has a six degree descent rate versus three degrees here. Even changing that to four degrees would have an impact"

http://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/...ressed_by__vital__town_council_working_group/

 

[Aviador]

You can't change the glideslope depending on the time of day so to do this it would need to become a permanent alteration. A steeper glideslope is of course possible and as the article points out, London City airport has a 6.0 degree glideslope, 5.5 degree according to Wikipedia. Over the hill at Leeds, runway 14 has a 3.5 degree glideslope which operates as an obstacle clearance. On the negative side it could potentially inhibit autoland capabilities and not all aircraft would be certified to use it as a steeper decent invariably leads to a higher speed.

 

[Severn]

Just quickly, It might sound like a great idea to the general public, but as usual when somebody non-aviation suggests a "good idea" for aviation, "why can't you just do this", there is normally a very good reason why this hasn't been thought of or implemented already....

In short, you cannot have a runway with dual glideslopes, therefore you have to choose one or the other....and Manchester is not about to change their approaches to a steeper glideslope (for many reasons, including the ones @Aviador mentioned), so lets move on to the next great idea....

 

[Aviador]

Chinese tourists are set to deliver a major boost to the region's retailers in the run-up to Christmas

• More than 22,000 Chinese passengers set to visit the region this December
• Department stores across the North West are predicting a retail boom (case studies below)
• Shoppers also descending on the region for football fixtures and Christmas markets
• Mandarin and cultural classes given to shop floor staff to welcome visitors from the Far East

Tills will be ringing across the North West, with more than twenty-two thousand Far East visitors due to jet in on direct flights from both Beijing and Hong Kong during December.

Retailers say they are bracing themselves for their highest sales volumes from Chinese tourists, who are also attracted to the North by high profile Premier League fixtures (including the Manchester derby) and the Christmas Markets.

And in preparation, stores have been training staff in Mandarin and creating special sales promotions.

Clara Kwan and Jeff Tong, 36, arrived at Manchester Airport on a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong this week. The couple are visiting the UK on their honeymoon and said that thanks to a direct service, they have decided to spend four days in the North West before heading to London

During that time, they will take in a Liverpool fixture, as well as visiting the region’s designer stores.

Clara said: “We are here on honeymoon and because there is a direct flight, we decided to do three or four days in Manchester, before going on to London. It means we can go to a Liverpool game and, of course, do plenty of shopping in the North West.”

From 1st December Cathay Pacific will be increase its direct service to Hong Kong to a daily flight. During the winter months Hainan Airlines operate a three-a-week service direct to Beijing, which goes daily during the summer months.

The anticipated boost comes after a pioneering report revealed that the Far East connections are delivering a significant economic reward, or ‘China Dividend’, to the Northern Powerhouse.

The study, on the Beijing route’s one year of service, is the most comprehensive analysis ever undertaken into the economic and social impact of a brand new direct, long haul route between two countries. It has revealed that the Manchester-Beijing air route has driven a significant increase in exports, inward investment, and international student numbers into the North.

Andrew Cowan, CEO of Manchester Airport, said: “The new Beijing route from Manchester is the perfect demonstration of how direct long-haul flights bring significant benefits to the whole of the North by connecting it directly to the world economy.

“The China Dividend report revealed that the new route has delivered a huge boost to the visitor economy in the North, with thousands of visitors arriving into Manchester Airport every month.

“We know the region has an array of excellent retail centres, coupled with world class sporting and cultural attractions, and they are certainly proving popular with the Chinese passengers travelling on our two direct services.”

At Manchester Airport, staff have also been trained in Mandarin as part of the airport’s onsite education academy. Since 2015 201 people have taken the course, which trains in Mandarin plus Chinese etiquette and culture. This year alone 47 course participants have found employment within the airport.

Chinese passengers take advantage of the Travelex VAT refund service available at Manchester Airport. Travelex estimates that it has completed 12,500 VAT transactions in the period between January - October 2017 at Manchester Airport.

Graham Brady, MP, said: “This route has stimulated huge demand for travel between China and the UK and in doing so has delivered a wide range of benefits to the Northern economy, including significantly increasing exports, inward investment and tourism.

“The scale of impact clearly illustrates just how beneficial having strong links with high growth markets can be and why Government should be doing everything it can to further improve connectivity between the North and the world.”

Manchester Airport

 

[ethanegcc]

Chinese tourists are set to deliver a major boost to the region's retailers in the run-up to Christmas

• More than 22,000 Chinese passengers set to visit the region this December
• Department stores across the North West are predicting a retail boom (case studies below)
• Shoppers also descending on the region for football fixtures and Christmas markets
• Mandarin and cultural classes given to shop floor staff to welcome visitors from the Far East

Tills will be ringing across the North West, with more than twenty-two thousand Far East visitors due to jet in on direct flights from both Beijing and Hong Kong during December.

Retailers say they are bracing themselves for their highest sales volumes from Chinese tourists, who are also attracted to the North by high profile Premier League fixtures (including the Manchester derby) and the Christmas Markets.

And in preparation, stores have been training staff in Mandarin and creating special sales promotions.

Clara Kwan and Jeff Tong, 36, arrived at Manchester Airport on a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong this week. The couple are visiting the UK on their honeymoon and said that thanks to a direct service, they have decided to spend four days in the North West before heading to London

During that time, they will take in a Liverpool fixture, as well as visiting the region’s designer stores.

Clara said: “We are here on honeymoon and because there is a direct flight, we decided to do three or four days in Manchester, before going on to London. It means we can go to a Liverpool game and, of course, do plenty of shopping in the North West.”

From 1st December Cathay Pacific will be increase its direct service to Hong Kong to a daily flight. During the winter months Hainan Airlines operate a three-a-week service direct to Beijing, which goes daily during the summer months.

The anticipated boost comes after a pioneering report revealed that the Far East connections are delivering a significant economic reward, or ‘China Dividend’, to the Northern Powerhouse.

The study, on the Beijing route’s one year of service, is the most comprehensive analysis ever undertaken into the economic and social impact of a brand new direct, long haul route between two countries. It has revealed that the Manchester-Beijing air route has driven a significant increase in exports, inward investment, and international student numbers into the North.

Andrew Cowan, CEO of Manchester Airport, said: “The new Beijing route from Manchester is the perfect demonstration of how direct long-haul flights bring significant benefits to the whole of the North by connecting it directly to the world economy.

“The China Dividend report revealed that the new route has delivered a huge boost to the visitor economy in the North, with thousands of visitors arriving into Manchester Airport every month.

“We know the region has an array of excellent retail centres, coupled with world class sporting and cultural attractions, and they are certainly proving popular with the Chinese passengers travelling on our two direct services.”

At Manchester Airport, staff have also been trained in Mandarin as part of the airport’s onsite education academy. Since 2015 201 people have taken the course, which trains in Mandarin plus Chinese etiquette and culture. This year alone 47 course participants have found employment within the airport.

Chinese passengers take advantage of the Travelex VAT refund service available at Manchester Airport. Travelex estimates that it has completed 12,500 VAT transactions in the period between January - October 2017 at Manchester Airport.

Graham Brady, MP, said: “This route has stimulated huge demand for travel between China and the UK and in doing so has delivered a wide range of benefits to the Northern economy, including significantly increasing exports, inward investment and tourism.

“The scale of impact clearly illustrates just how beneficial having strong links with high growth markets can be and why Government should be doing everything it can to further improve connectivity between the North and the world.”

Manchester Airport

Maybe someone should post this on airliners.net, to answer the question 'why would Asians travel long haul to a few minor cities in the north of England?' or something along those lines.

 

[David_itl]

Evening news ran out of stories! Big is beautiful at MAN http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/manchester-airport-viewing-park-antonov-13989555

 

[David_itl]

Bournemouth Airport sold so whatever was due to be spent on further upgrading can br divided between 3 airports.

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/ne...ndisclosed_sum_to_Regional_and_City_Airports/

 

[User001]

And the money from the sale can be used to either repay some debts off early (for MAN-TP or the new STN arrivals building), or hopefully reverse some of the penny pinching seen on the MAN-TP.

 

[EGCC_MAN]

Bournemouth was always something of an oddity for MAplc / MAG. Truth is, they never wanted to buy it in the first place, but then owners National Express would only sell East Midlands and Bournemouth Airports as a job lot. It was buy both or neither, and the group was keen to acquire EMA. Perhaps an early example of 'Buy One Get One Free'.

The sale comes as no surprise. BOH doesn't fit the profile of the group's other airports and is probably viewed as a management distraction. It is a far better fit with the portfolio of the new owners.

No mention of price (that I have seen). But one thing it did have was an enormous land package ... BOH used to cheekily claim to be the largest airport in Britain. They were too ... by land area! I'm not sure whether they still own all that land or whether much has been sold off in the interim, but of course development assent isn't a given on sensitive land adjacent to the New Forest.

BOH is still a thriving operation in terms of ancillary operations. There is a large community of aviation-themed companies based at the industrial estate there and there is a thriving GA scene. MAG leaves them with decent terminal infrastructure for a regional airport of this size.

I wish them well ... but hope that MAG achieved a fair market price.

 

[Aceshigh]

Rr
https://twitter.com/manairport/status/938492243186475008?s=03Re

Here's a heartwarming picture of the two young whipper snappers who engineer all the tweets on behalf of Manchester Airport!

Cutting edge social media that occasion goes off piste!

"No its Cathay not Kathy luv"

 

[Dobbo]

Interim financials for MAG.

Only point jumping out at me for here, is that MAN handled 16.6m pax in the 6 months to end of September. Most likely not sustainable, but it indicates what the surge capacity of the airport as it stands might be.

http://mediacentre.magairports.com/strong-growth-at-mag-airports-over-summer-season/

 

[David_itl]

First time I've seen the train station numbers reported
"2016/17 saw 4,241,292 entries and exits at Manchester Airport's station compared to 3,632,308 over the previous 12 months."

http://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/...nger_numbers_rise_again_at_Knutsford_station/


"OVERNIGHT usage of Manchester Airport’s Runway 2 – the strip closest to Knutsford and Mobberley – concluded for 2017. With maintenance work on the more frequently used Runway 1, the second runway was scheduled for sole use between 10pm and 6am on December 5, 6, and 7. In 2018, Runway 2 will come back into overnight use on January 2, 3, and 4, and again at or near the start of each month."

http://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/15705835.Monthly_overnight_Runway_2_use_to_resume_in_2018_at_Manchester_Airport/