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@SPD_travels You'd think India was a bit of an open goal right now. Seems to be a renewed political push after the Indigo debacle.

But as this is VS, I expect the capacity to be shifted to whatever hair brained idea they come up with next at LHR. If they can get the slots.

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@SPD_travels Vilnius - Seems logical for FR although much heightened tensions across the Baltics right now.

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@SPD_travels Shame to lose PIA metal to Norse branded 787s on the route so soon after relaunch.

Was great to see and hear the 777s back thundering over Stockport. Hoping the 777s return soon!

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@alexsimpson04 @SPD_travels Egyptair starting up at BHX is a nice addition!

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@AXSW0543 @brownliberite Plus they'd have to seal off a proportion of the terminal gate space to deal with it 24/7/365.

Given that EDIs many transatlantic flights are skewed towards morning departures with a heavy emphasis on summer... unlikely to work well currently unless some flexibility is achieved.

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@Kieranysbq @SPD_travels It will be primarily aimed at connections with local point-to-point traffic being a nice contribution in addition.

Similar to Ethiopian at MAN.

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@SPD_travels Might be clutching at straws but....

Surely Air Arabia Sharjah is a shoe-in soon, as their fleet allows?

Also interesting to see Oman Air hand Copenhagen via Baghdad over to Salam Air with 5th freedoms. Both markets seem a pretty good fit for MAN?

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@SPD_travels Nice increases from MS and SV are in the bag... building up a very nice bank of evening departures.

Hoping for some more good news from Rwandair 🙏

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@SPD_travels Another LHR frequency?

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@SPD_travels The Beatles clue ( if that's what it actually is) would seem to suggest Liverpool more than Manchester?

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@markydeedrop @SPD_travels We must face facts and look east & south for growth opportunities.

Granted, the direct US market from MAN is on it's arse. But it'll likely stay that way for the foreseeable until someone finds a spare XLR that isn't busy flying to Palermo, Santiago etc.

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@SPD_travels If it were MAN, for me, I'd expect the clue to be a little more obvious. Maybe something to do with football or musical heritage.

Hope for the best 🙏

But I think we still need to be looking east & south for growth outside of the bread & butter holiday / low cost operators.

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@SPD_travels Big push on tourism too with eVisas available as part of Project 2030.

Might not be everyones cup of tea with being dry currently. But there is some serious money & resources going into opening the Kingdom up for tourism.

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@JaseRobinson3 @SPD_travels Likely Kigali wouldn't be the final destination for many passengers. Competitively priced connections likely a key market here.

Having said that, Rwanda is seen as something of an up and coming African destination in its own right.

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@Jrbsummer68 @SPD_travels Thank goodness the licencing issues were resolved.

A real success story for MAN and MS!

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@SPD_travels Korean, JAL or ANA? Although northern summer launches would most likely work best.

Other guesses - Kenya Airways, Air Arabia, Air Mauritius, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan.

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@manniashraf @markydeedrop @SPD_travels They sent a -300ER in the other day for first time since they returned. Also Lahore back up and running.

Slowly but surely. Looking forward to further increases!

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@dan2038810 @SPD_travels It would certainly be an opportunistic time for Air India to (re) launch MAN in an ideal world.

But they too have their issues. New A350-1000s stored, the Vistara merger, 787-8 refurbishment ongoing with sadly one down & the fallout from that.

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@dan2038810 @SPD_travels Doubt it. Cairo seems to be working very well for them. Plus their international routes from Sharm and Hurghada are quite limited.

More likely Air Cairo have a go.

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@SPD_travels You'd think JFK-MAN would be a shoe-in since EUK left. The XLR would be a good frame to launch this year round.

However given what the US3 have been like since Covid, I'd more likely expect something like Malta, Palma, Palermo and maybe a return to Keflavik.