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Old Jan 22, 2017, 1:02 pm
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New CityFlyer routes from Manchester
According to the Manchester Airport website online timetable - Alicante, Malaga, Palma, Ibiza, Mykonos, London City & Nice will be new 'BA' routes this summer.
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 1:54 pm
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LCY-MAN? Bye bye Virgin Trains

Or will this just be a positioning flight?
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 1:59 pm
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I could do with some nice LCY-MAN-HEL-TLL TP runs
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 2:07 pm
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Has been rumoured for a while. Lcy-Man would be positioning flights in the same way Txl-Stn are.
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 2:13 pm
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I thought this had been confirmed a while back? Following the STN model but bookable unlike the GLA Barrhead Travel routes.
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 2:18 pm
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It looks like it's a single aircraft doing something like this every weekend:-

LCY-MAN THU 1945-2045
MAN-IBZ THU 2125-0115+1
IBZ-MAN FRI 0155-0340
MAN-AGP FRI 0535-0935
AGP-MAN FRI 1020-1225
MAN-JMK FRI 1310-1910
JMK-MAN FRI 1955-2205
MAN-ALC SAT 0550-0940
ALC-MAN SAT 1020-1225
MAN-NCE SAT 1305-1625
NCE-MAN SAT 1710-1835
MAN-IBZ SAT 1930-2320
IBZ-MAN SUN 0005-0150
MAN-PMI SUN 0550-0935
PMI-MAN SUN 1020-1205
MAN-IBZ SUN 1250-1640
IBZ-MAN SUN 1725-1910
MAN-LCY SUN 1955-2055
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 2:21 pm
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Originally Posted by layz
LCY-MAN? Bye bye Virgin Trains

Or will this just be a positioning flight?
Well it only one southbound and one northbound a week so may be of limited use

Mykonos - 19 May-29 Sep
BA 9789 MAN 1310 JMK 1910 (Fri)
BA 9790 JMK 1955 MAN 2205 (Fri)

Alicante - 20 May-30 Sep
BA 9751 MAN 0550 ALC 0940 (Sat)
BA 9752 ALC 1025 MAN 1220 (Sat)

London City - 21 May-1 Oct
BA 9783 MAN 1955 LCY 2055 (Sun)
BA 9784 LCY 1945 MAN 2045 (Thu)

Palma - 21 May-1 Oct
BA9795 MAN 0550 PMI 0935 (Sun)
BA9796 PMI 1020 MAN 1205 (Sun)

Ibiza - 18 May-1 Oct
BA9785 MAN 2125 IBZ 0115 (Thu)
BA9786 IBZ 0155 MAN 0330 (Fri)

BA9785 MAN 1930 IBZ 2330 (Sat)
BA9786 IBZ 0005 MAN 0150 (Sun)

BA9785 MAN 1250 IBZ 1640 (Sun)
BA9786 IBZ 1725 MAN 1910 (Sun)

Nice - 20 May-30 Sep
BA9793 MAN 1305 NCE 1625 (Sat)
BA9794 NCE 1710 MAN 1835 (Sat)

Malaga - 19 May-29 Sep
BA9787 MAN 0535 AGP 0935 (Fri)
BA9788 AGP 1020 MAN 1225 (Fri)
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 2:41 pm
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Not bookable yet.
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 2:48 pm
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Originally Posted by Globaliser
It looks like it's a single aircraft doing something like this every weekend:-

LCY-MAN THU 1945-2045
MAN-IBZ THU 2125-0115+1
IBZ-MAN FRI 0155-0340
MAN-AGP FRI 0535-0935
AGP-MAN FRI 1020-1225
MAN-JMK FRI 1310-1910
JMK-MAN FRI 1955-2205
MAN-ALC SAT 0550-0940
ALC-MAN SAT 1020-1225
MAN-NCE SAT 1305-1625
NCE-MAN SAT 1710-1835
MAN-IBZ SAT 1930-2320
IBZ-MAN SUN 0005-0150
MAN-PMI SUN 0550-0935
PMI-MAN SUN 1020-1205
MAN-IBZ SUN 1250-1640
IBZ-MAN SUN 1725-1910
MAN-LCY SUN 1955-2055
Very little redundancy in that schedule, and no cover. Even going tech at MAN would cause problems since an alternative jet wouldn't be able to position out.

Could be a lucrative flight to pick for compensation chasers..?
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 2:59 pm
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If you read thebasource it appears there was the occassional alternative aircraft positioned to STN to maintain the timetable.
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 3:00 pm
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I can see this going terribly wrong when the whole schedule relies on 1 plane
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by richardwft
If you read thebasource it appears there was the occassional alternative aircraft positioned to STN to maintain the timetable.
If the first season of operating this works well, perhaps positioning a handful of aircraft out to provide more routes (and a bit more redundancy) might work well.

And -- heaven forbid -- a fleet of MAN-based aircraft.
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 3:21 pm
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Originally Posted by World Traveller Fuss
If the first season of operating this works well, perhaps positioning a handful of aircraft out to provide more routes (and a bit more redundancy) might work well....
There's rumour of something similar at BHX this summer.

If Crossrail affects demand for LCY flights when it opens in 18/19, there may be more non LCY Cityflyer flights year round on weekdays.
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 3:27 pm
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There's rumour of something similar at BHX this summer.
There was a posting made on here maybe a year back that referenced a job ad for city flyer wanting crew based at bhx. I tried to search but had no luck finding it.
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 3:32 pm
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It's nice that this is now in the open. As ever, the company isn't going far out of it's way to test something new. It'll be no secret that this is predominantly a utilisation exercise, but they key point here is that we could have sent the aircraft to STN. The results of this will be looked at carefully, and we'll of course follow the money.

Originally Posted by World Traveller Fuss
If the first season of operating this works well, perhaps positioning a handful of aircraft out to provide more routes (and a bit more redundancy) might work well.

And -- heaven forbid -- a fleet of MAN-based aircraft.
We're looking at sources for a number of extra E190s ready for S18, I can tell you that.
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