Manchester Airport - General Thread

[LS@MAN]

Next to? Olympic House (Black and grey striped)?

That was the original plan. To be replaced with TBA.

Yes that’s the one.
Will both tower blocks be demolished?

 

[HX3]

Thanks marni1971, I’m hoping it will be removed as it’s not the greatest looking piece of architecture.

 

[marni1971]

Yes that’s the one.
Will both tower blocks be demolished?

No plans to demolish Olympic House. It’s the airports offices. Da management.

 

[LS@MAN]

No plans to demolish Olympic House. It’s the airports offices. Da management.

No…the black tower block…sorry I can only describe it as this.
There are two tower blocks, one with the old tower on top and the one directly next door…I was wondering if both of these blocks will be demolished?

 

[marni1971]

No…the black tower block…sorry I can only describe it as this.
There are two tower blocks, one with the old tower on top and the one directly next door…I was wondering if both of these blocks will be demolished?

Ah gotcha. . They're actually attached to each other. In theory both should go, but again the future of T1s infrastructure gets more ambiguous as time passes.

 

[domino85]

Would anyone have any idea as to why there is a huge issue with OTP on the same flights every day? Etihad, Gulf, Qatar, Emirates, and EgyptAir, to name a few, all seem to have frequent delays, whereas some transatlantic flights and Hainan seem to do a lot better.

 

[David_itl]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722ppxldldo

Power cut at the airport, Departure delays up to 2 hours as well as some cancellations

 

[MannyJon]

10 departures 11 arrivals cancelled so far.
Chaos here right now. Mostly EZY

10 departures 11 arrivals cancelled so far.
Chaos here right now. Mostly EZY

Lost count now.

 

[Aviador]

Why is it easyjet always seem to be the first to cancel in situations like this?

 

[mullion]

Yes I agree Aviador, slightest wiff of a problem cancel flights

 

[Scottie Dog]

Quite right. If you look at my daily log, for Sunday, you will notice that EZY appeared to cancel 73 flights, against Jet2 with 5 and TUI just 3. I accept that there may be errors in my analysis of the FR24/Flightaware data, but it can't be too far out.

 

[LS@MAN]

Would anyone have any idea as to why there is a huge issue with OTP on the same flights every day? Etihad, Gulf, Qatar, Emirates, and EgyptAir, to name a few, all seem to have frequent delays, whereas some transatlantic flights and Hainan seem to do a lot better.

I have noticed this on FR24...I can only assume ATC restrictions (slots) / weather related en route...from what I can tell, ground ops are usually completed on time, so all passengers are on board, just a case of waiting...

 

[marni1971]

https://www.jet2.com/-/media/Jet2/Jet2plc/PDFs/11-07-24/Jet2%20plc%20Preliminary%20Results%202024.pdf

“With our long-term aircraft delivery stream in mind, the Group acquired additional premises at Manchester Airport to build a second aircraft maintenance facility which is expected to be operational from late 2025. This property, which is located next to our existing facility, gives us the opportunity to further build our base maintenance capability and support our growing aircraft fleet over the coming decade”

 

[BlueManc]

https://www.jet2.com/-/media/Jet2/Jet2plc/PDFs/11-07-24/Jet2%20plc%20Preliminary%20Results%202024.pdf

“With our long-term aircraft delivery stream in mind, the Group acquired additional premises at Manchester Airport to build a second aircraft maintenance facility which is expected to be operational from late 2025. This property, which is located next to our existing facility, gives us the opportunity to further build our base maintenance capability and support our growing aircraft fleet over the coming decade”

So, I assume that's the Air Livery unit.

 

[mullion]

Yes thats correct

 

[Silvercity]

‘Kiss and fly’ airport charges continue to increase as drivers pay £7 for one minute

The RAC, which carried out the study, said it is ‘bordering on the ridiculous’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[marni1971]

‘Kiss and fly’ airport charges continue to increase as drivers pay £7 for one minute

The RAC, which carried out the study, said it is ‘bordering on the ridiculous’

www.independent.co.uk

Typical response from the monopoly owners

 

[marni1971]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1816896856003104817

 

[TM3]

Surprisingly no-one has posted this already but BBC Verify have done a good analysis of the terrible incident at Manchester airport this week. Which it appears took place at T2 parking.

BBC Verify analyses Manchester Airport incident footage

BBC Verify's Richard Irvine-Brown analyses the footage from Manchester Airport's Terminal 2.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Aviador]

I've only seen one short clip of the incident and I thought there wasn't enough footage to make any judgement. The footage I saw also appeared to have a break in the footage.

It is likely the police officers had a personal camera and the airport Ports Unit were almost sure to have been covering the incident in the run-up, during and after the incident providing the continuity required to fully understand what really happened.

I'm out of the UK at the moment so I don't know what has happened following this. If the case has been forwarded to the crown prosecution it maybe best if we leave it undiscussed.