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[Scottie Dog]

SPD travels

@SPD_travels

News | Air Canada now aim to restart their Manchester-Toronto route on 3rd July. After seeing several of their TATL routes cut, the fact this remains on sale and has had amendments could be seen as a sign that they at least intend to operate this summer.



3:15 PM · Mar 18, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

 

[Scottie Dog]

SPD travels

@SPD_travels

News | There may be more (not au fait with all KLM ops) but Manchester and Newcastle get increases from KLM this winter. NCL goes 4 daily, up from the usual 3 daily, and MAN goes all mainline B737 operation with no city hopper flights planned at this time.



12:28 PM · Mar 19, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

 

[EGCC_MAN]

OOPS. Hope we see afew of those new E190-E2's before the change!

 

[Scottie Dog]

I believe that this list - from @SPD_travels on Twitter has very recently been updated.

Airline restart dates 2021​

This list compiles a list of when airlines are expected to resume services at Manchester
I won't detail frequencies or individual routes as they will vary on a weekly basis. Some important notes:
-This information is garnered from their websites or booking engines.
-information is subject to change based on both airline decisions and Local border conditions.
-some flights pre-May are likely to change due to govt rules around international travel restarting no earlier than 17th May.
-I accept no liability for the information posted here.

Aegean Airlines: 30th May
Air Baltic: 2nd July
Air Canada: 2nd July
Air France: now operating
Aer Lingus: now operating
Air Malta: 4th May
Air Transat: 2nd June
Aurigny: 3rd May
Austrian: 28th March
BH air: 18th May
Biman Bangladesh: status unknown
Blue Islands: 7th June
British Airways: now operating
Brussels Airlines: now operating
Cathay Pacific: 1st July
Correndon: 3rd May
Eastern: 1st June
Easyjet: now operating
Emirates: Now operating
Etihad: now operating
Ethiopian: now operating
Eurowings: 1st April
Finnair: now operating
Iberia: 17th May
Icelandair: 3rd May
Jet2: 17th May
KLM: now operating
Loganair: now operating
Lufthansa: now operating
PIA: now operating via hifly
Pegasus: now operating
Qatar: now operating
RAM: status unknown
Ryanair: now operating
Saudia: 1st July
SAS: 9th April
Singapore Airlines: 1st July
Swiss: now operating
TAP: 1st May
TUI: now operating cargo only
Turkish Airlines: now operating
Virgin: now operating
Vueling: 28th March

 

[jfy1999]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1374068659463806976

 

[Scottie Dog]

@SeanM1997 on Twitter

NEW ROUTE Ryanair - Manchester to Knock. Flights start 3 September 2021
FR892 MAN 0615-0720 NOC (Mon)
FR892 MAN 0700-0805 NOC (Fri)
FR893 NOC 0745-0850 MAN (Mon)
FR893 NOC 0830-0935 MAN (Fri)
https://twitter.com/SeanM1997/status/1374690689498411010/photo/1

 

[Scottie Dog]

Aer Lingus TATL


March 24, 2021
Aer Lingus puts Manchester Trans-Atlantic on sale.

Starting 29th July, Aer Lingus adds 3 non-stop trans-Atlantic routes from Manchester, in the form of Barbados, New York and Orlando:

Bridgetown:

EI31 MAN 1100 BGI 1635 We/Fr/Su
EI30 BGI 1940 MAN 0810 We/Fr/Su
Starts 23rd Oct on A330-300

New York JFK:

EI45 MAN 1205 JFK 1525 Daily
EI44 JFK 1725 MAN 0550 Daily
Starts 29th July on A321N

Orlando:

EI35 MAN 1100 MCO 1545 Daily
EI34 MCO 1900 MAN 0835 Daily
Starts 29th July on A330-300. Drops to 4 weekly from 23rd Oct to allow 3 weekly BGI.

 

[Comet]

I think MCO is only 5 weekly not daily according to another Aer Lingus press release and that is what is showing in the timetable at present

 

[Scottie Dog]

**** BOSTON ****

The Aer Lingus website also states that Boston is added from S22

 

[Scottie Dog]

SPD travels

@SPD_travels
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Mar 23

News | After Virgin increased their flights to Islamabad from Manchester, PIA/HiFly will also increase their flights for the first 2 weeks of April. Was originally 2 weekly, will now be 5 weekly. I hear some more news could also be announced soon.

 

[Comet]

Have Virgin increased flights to ISB. I know they plan to use the 350 for a few weeks but not aware of anything else.

 

[Scottie Dog]

The S21 ACL Start of Season report is now available and, since the information is in the public domain - if you know where to look, I have taken the liberty of providing the main content - all information is subject to change.

Firstly the bad news:

CANCELLED
Air Canada - American Airlines - BA City Flyer - Belavia Belarusion Airlines - Hainan Airlines - Juneyao Airlines - Luxair - Oman Air - Royal Air Maroc - United Airlines - Wizz Air UK

CHANGES
Air France - 3 pw inc night stopper
Air Malta - 2 pw eff 4th May
Air Transat - 1 pw YYZ eff 2nd June
Aurigny Air Services - Start 3rd May
Austrian Airlines - 2pw then daily from May
Biman Bangladesh - Slots put back to 2nd May
British Airways - LHR 2 daily April/May then 4 daily in main season
Brussels Airlines - 4pw in April then daily until 13th June when double daily
Cathay Pacific - Slots put back to 1st May
Corendon - Slots held from 2pc DLM
Eastern Airways - Slots for NQY and SOU start 17th May
easyJet - April has limited service. Slots held for 17 based aircraft in main season
El Al - Start 2nd May
Emirates - 1 per day April, twice from 1st May when evening flight returns
Ethiopian Airlines- 3 pw April-June then 4 per week
Etihad Airways - continue at 1 per day
Finnair - Odd dates in April the 2 per day from May
Freebird Airlines - 2 slots per week
Iberia - Slots put back 3 pw 17th-31st MAy
Icelandair - Start 1st May
Iran Air - Slots held 19th June-30th October on Saturdays
Jet2.com - Slots for 21 based aircraft
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - 3 per day April then 5 per day in main season
Loganair - Routes held ABZ, INV.IOM, LSI,NQY
Lufthansa - FRA 2 per day in April then 5. MUC 1 per day and then 4
Pegasus - AYT 2pw DLM 6pw and SAW daily
PIA - possibly restart 1st May but currently banned from UK - Hi Fly operate on behalf of PIA at present
Qatar Airways - 11pc in April. 17pw in May then 21pw there after
Ryanair - 2 aircraft based in April then planned as 15 based from May onwards
SAS Scandinavian Airlines - Slots cutback to May
Saudia - Slots cutback to 17th May
Singapore Airlines - Slots cutback to 1st June
Sun-Air - GOT cutback to 4th May and BLL until 6th September
SunExpress - Slots held for 4pc AYT from 3rd May
Swiss International Airlines - 2pc April then 10pw May onwards
TAP Air Portugal - Slots put back to 1st May and then new 3rd daily service from 1st June which nightstops at MAN
TUI Airways - Slots cutback until 1st May then 19 based aircraft.
Virgin Atlantic - A350-1000/B787-9 ops April/May to ISB. ISB and other destinations held from 1st June with A330
Vueiling - BCN ops in occasional dateds in April then 10pw from 1st May

NEW

Aer LIngus - Eff 29th July daily to JFK with A321 and 5pw MCO. BGI 2pw starts October
Air Baltic - 4pw RIX cutback to 2nd June
Blue Island - Slots held for EXT and SOU from 7th June
Bulgaria Air - Proposed SOF service 2pw from 2nd May with A319
Condor - Proposed daily LCA from 1st May with B757-300
Eurowings - New twice weekly PMI starts 23rd May. DUS throughout S21
Hi Fly Malta -Continues ISB service as per Winter but slots are held on adhoc basis
Skyup Airlines - 2pc KBP Tues, Sat with B737-800 eff 29th May
TACV - Cabo Verde - 2pc proposed service to SID effective 2nd June
Turkish - New daily AYT and DLM effective 19th June. IST remains 2 per day with increased A330 ops.

 

[David_itl]

and a new slight downer, Pakistan is into the "red" zone for travel so I expect some kind of impact for VS/PK from 9th April onward

 

[EGCC_MAN]

That is a big downer. It is the last country sustaining meaningful travel volumes through MAN at this point. Not just on VIR / HFY but the Middle East Big 3 as well. And AFAIK we don't even have an approved hotel for red list arrivals to use for quarantine in the NW. Compulsory use of LHR?

 

[Coathanger16]

Compulsory use of LHR?

Or BHX with Turkish.

 

[Land23R]

If, as rumoured, MAN prevaricated over quarantine hotels, they have only themselves to blame if they lose business.
That said, is there any data as to how many passengers are actually being quarantined in hotels at LHR & BHX on arrival?

 

[IanFarquharson]

If, as rumoured, MAN prevaricated over quarantine hotels, they have only themselves to blame if they lose business.
That said, is there any data as to how many passengers are actually being quarantined in hotels at LHR & BHX on arrival?

Quite a few at the BHX hotel

 

[EGCC_MAN]

I had heard a suggestion that hotels themselves were not keen to take part in the quarantine scheme. Measures required are onerous and rewards are slim. Plus the risk that quarantine hotels would be unavailable to open up to more lucrative regular business when that opportunity returns. Airport management can't dictate terms to hotel operators.

 

[Land23R]

That's probably more accurate but I assume the hotels at LHR and BHX will have assessed the risk of losing regular business against the revenue and costs of housing quarantined customers. I suppose it also depends on the terms of the agreements with hotels and how quickly they could pull out of the arrangements should the situation change and they would prefer to return to a more normal business environment.

What input or influence MAN could have had, I'm not sure, but whatever potential business the airport could have retained for passengers from Pakistan whether direct or via other hubs will presumably be lost until Pakistan is removed from the red list or MAN is added as a designated point of entry.

 

[Jerry]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1380435032796508160