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By: - 12th June 2010 at 08:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Good stuff. Nice to see this route pulling itself around again after being on the verge of getting dropped last year. Also nice to hear us "tight" northerners are stumping up the wonga for premium cabin travel.
By: - 12th June 2010 at 08:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Ah, but is it an actual expansion or a just return to the previous daily service? Either way, it's very welcome.
And can we have a different batch of B777s, please? I've used this one up now. :)
By: - 12th June 2010 at 09:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
We know what the likley response will be about those F class pax (and also with the reputedly healthy bookings for F class on EK) is that they are only feeding into a hub and so not really useful for an airline operating on a point to point basis. But if you aren't willing to try, you will definitely get no passengers booking F out of a regional.
By: - 12th June 2010 at 16:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
We know what the likley response will be about those F class pax (and also with the reputedly healthy bookings for F class on EK) is that they are only feeding into a hub and so not really useful for an airline operating on a point to point basis. But if you aren't willing to try, you will definitely get no passengers booking F out of a regional.
I can't say I've ever heard that argument from anyone, it is a ludicrous one! Emirates certainly aren't targeting the point to point market especially not in their premium cabins.
Manchester has always had a small but strong First Class demand, in the past it flowed almost entirely through Heathrow. These days a lot of it still flows down through London (BA certainly don't continue to fly MAN-LHR for economy point to point traffic!) but more and more are moving out onto the new big seats out of the regions.
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By: David Kerr - 11th June 2010 at 19:54
From 1st September, SQ is to operate this route on a daily basis, increasing from the current 5 weekly operation.
It's a mix of reasons but the main one for MAN may be that it allows them to carry more freight out of the UK; having A380 ops to LHR is all well and good but they're not efficient for cargo so they should be able to cater for some more cargo. Also rumoured is that F class passengers are flying between MAN and SIN at a respectable level and there is the potential for a further enhancement on this route which could lead to a fringe benefit to MAN.