berneyarms
Established Member
With respect, the discussion about people flying out of Manchester and Liverpool airports in the manner that is being carried out above is pointless.
They are completely different operations.
Liverpool is served by low cost airlines offering point to point services to a much more limited number of destinations.
Manchester airport offers far better global connectivity than any other airport in the north, be it through low cost airline point to point flights, or via direct flights or connections through other hub airports (such as Heathrow, Dublin, Amsterdam, Paris, Istanbul, Copenhagen, Zurich and Frankfurt) via legacy airlines.
There is a huge difference between the two.
The point that everyone (other than jcollins seems to grasp) is that as such, Manchester Airport needs decent rail connections across the north, with (and this is the important part) regular direct services from the main centres. As I said above, every time a change of train is required, people (and in particular those travelling with luggage and children) are less likely to use the train, hence a regular direct service is preferable to one that involves a change.
They are completely different operations.
Liverpool is served by low cost airlines offering point to point services to a much more limited number of destinations.
Manchester airport offers far better global connectivity than any other airport in the north, be it through low cost airline point to point flights, or via direct flights or connections through other hub airports (such as Heathrow, Dublin, Amsterdam, Paris, Istanbul, Copenhagen, Zurich and Frankfurt) via legacy airlines.
There is a huge difference between the two.
The point that everyone (other than jcollins seems to grasp) is that as such, Manchester Airport needs decent rail connections across the north, with (and this is the important part) regular direct services from the main centres. As I said above, every time a change of train is required, people (and in particular those travelling with luggage and children) are less likely to use the train, hence a regular direct service is preferable to one that involves a change.
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