Manchester International Airport

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RE: Manchester International Airport

(19/01/2013 20:10)CX54 DKD Wrote:  Easyjet had to pull the shorter internal flights such as Luton/Stansted to Liverpool some time ago quite simply because they couldn't compete with Mr Branson's trains. With the cost of fuel going up seemingly continuously, that's not something likely to change unfortunately.

Indeed, as trains are now so much faster than they used to be between Manchester and London, flights are so much less viable now. Indeed, there was an article in Modern Railways (I think) stating how a fair chunk of the growth on the West Coast line is from people having switched from air to rail for these journeys.

I think the main reason flights are continuing from MAN to LHR is for onward connections elsewhere.