RETROnews
21st
January 2005:
British
Airways reduced
frequency on their Isle of Man to Luton service to 4 times per week until 21st
March 2005, with services not operating on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
20th
January 2005:
Estonian Air announced a new service from
Manchester to Tallinn on a 2 weekly basis, with a possibility of a 3rd weekly
service being added.
British
Airways
revealed that they are to stop operating services from Manchester to Amsterdam
(after 52 years of operation) and Bologna (this service had been suspended for
winter)
18th
January 2005:
Monarch
Airlines
announced a further new service from Manchester: daily flights to Naples.
17th
January 2005:
airBaltic operated their last Manchester-Riga service for the winter
timetable due to a shortage of aircraft; services on SAS flights to Copenhagen
are to be codeshared but they will recommence services in the summer.
9th
January 2005:
Virgin
Atlantic
commenced cruise charters to and from San Juan operating from Manchester and
these are expected to last until April 2005, operating on a fortnightly
basis. However, it is a mix of outbound
services to San Juan on some occasions (Sundays), inbound services on some
occasions (on Mondays) with both inbound and outbound services the rest of the
time. Flight numbers: VS9931 outbound
and VS9932 inbound.
5th
January 2005:
British
Airways dropped
their services to Copenhagen from Manchester.
3rd
January 2005:
CSA Czech
Airlines is set
to increase frequency on their Manchester to Prague service with an additional
4 flights per week.
30th
December 2004:
GB Airways announced a revised schedule to
their Manchester operations.
15th
December 2004:
Monarch
Airlines
announced they are expanding their Manchester services; they are to commence
the following new services: Almeria 4
times a week and Madrid on a daily basis.
They are to also increase frequency to Malaga by introducing a 3rd daily
service.
13th
December 2004:
SkyEurope announced they are to begin three
new services to Manchester: 3 times a
week to Krakow and Warsaw and 4 times a week to Bratislava.
8th
December 2004:
Jet2 announced up to 3 times daily
Manchester-Edinburgh services.
7th
December 2004:
Wizzair commenced 3 weekly services from
Liverpool to Budapest, Katowice and Warsaw; flights operate Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
6th
December 2004:
Air Wales commenced 2 daily services from
Liverpool to Aberdeen and Cardiff
2nd
December 2004:
Jet2 began operating a 4 times weekly
service to Murcia from Manchester and announced Manchester-Amsterdam services.
Bmibaby released their summer programme from
Manchester with the following destinations to be served: Alicante, Belfast,
Bordeaux, Cork, Jersey, Knock, Malaga, Murcia, Palma and Prague.
1st
December 2004:
Jet2 began operating a daily service to
Budapest from Manchester.
30th
November 2004:
Flybe announced new services from
Liverpool to Exeter and Southampton.
22nd
November 2004:
Ryanair officially announce Liverpool as
their latest base after revealing this intention on 31st December 2002, with 4
aircraft to be based. Destinations to
be added to the existing and planned services are: Reus, Cork, Granada, Limoges, Murcia, Nimes, Treviso, Shannon and
Venice. They are to also begin services from Blackpool to Girona.
2nd
November 2004:
BWIA announced a revision to their Port
of Spain to Manchester (via Barbados) services from 16th January 2005. Services will be now operate via Prestwick
on Saturdays and via Belfast on Sundays.
1st
November 2004:
Flybe commenced up to 3 times daily
services from Manchester to Southampton.
31st
October 2004:
Swiss commenced a 3rd daily service
between Manchester and Zurich.
11th
October 2004:
Flybe announced that they are to establish
a base at Liverpool with initial destinations Belfast City, Edinburgh, Glasgow
and Jersey.
1st
October 2004:
Zoom
Airlines
announced new services from Manchester to Canada. Flights are to Toronto on
Mondays and Fridays and Vancouver on Thursdays and Saturdays (the Thursday
service operates via Calgary)
30th September
2004:
GB Airways announced they are to start
operations out of Manchester from May 2005, with 1 A320 based, rising to 3
A320s from 2006.
It was
revealed that Iberia was to cease operating
Manchester-Barcelona services on 28th October 2004.
It was
revealed that bmibaby was to cease operating
Manchester-Barcelona and Manchester-Paris services on 27th October 2004.
29th
September 2004:
Ryanair announced another new Liverpool
service: daily to Bergamo Rome service, starting 25th February 2005.
Jet2 announced Manchester as their new
base, with 6 737s to be based with operations starting in December 2004. Destinations are: Budapest, Faro, Geneva,
Malaga, Murcia, Nice, Pisa, Valencia and Venice
24th
September 2004:
Wideroe announced they are to cease operating
on the Manchester-Bergen service on 23rd October 2004, with a reduction in
flights from mid-October.
15th
September 2004:
Wizzair announced they are to start services
from Liverpool to Budapest, Katowice and Warsaw, starting 6th December 2005,
with the flights operating on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
8th
September 2004:
Ryanair announced a new Liverpool to Rome
daily service, starting 28th January 2005.
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