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August bank holiday 09, expect 284,000 passengers to pass through!
18, June, 2010 Parking lot, Handforth Dean, near Wilmslow, used by 14,000 holidaymakers a month. Second Airparks site in Manchester to close in just 15 months. British Airway, possible strike through summer 2010.
9/11/09 Greater Manchester bus strike
6/9/09 Delta Airlines is to stop it's daily flying service between Manchester Airport, UK and New York John F Kennedy airports. That leaves Pakistan International Airlines flying to JFK three times per week and Continental running a twice daily service to Newark. Last year Manchester lost BA - NY. and Ryanair pulling out...
1, September, 09 28 refuellers on strike, Unite members who work for ASIG. Contingency plans in place, no delays expected.
It's on...Manchester Airport strike, Bank Holiday, 5am, Monday 31, August, 09 to Tuesday, 12.45 lunch time,1, September, 09. Aircraft refuel workers Union Unite announcement
Overtime ban is set for the following weekend and will cause more flight delays. Baggage handlers are not on strike.
26 August, 09 Manchester Airport baggage handlers strike and cleaners strike has been cancelled over legal problems! You hit the jackpot! They will be back. Christmas or Easter? What's your guess?
25 August, 09 Two different opinions floating around today. Are we the only one's skeptical?
Spokesman for Swissport "As the unions have decided to take industrial action, Swissport will work with its airline customers and the airport operators to try to minimize disruption to the traveling public but this cannot be guaranteed."
A spokesperson at Manchester airport said: “We'd like to reassure passengers traveling over the bank holiday weekend that because the potential strike action only affects 300 staff out of a workforce of 20,000 at the airport, major disruption is highly unlikely. We continue to advise people to come to the airport as normal.”
Monday, 24 August, 09 Strike by aircraft refuellers will run from 5am on Monday 31, August, until Tuesday 1, September, 09 12.45pm lunchtime.
23, August,09 Manchester staff have voted for a strike between Thursday, August 27 and Saturday, 29, August,09
(or Lack of information out on purpose, very confusing put both dates up till it's sorted out)
Ban on overtime and a work to rule from Saturday, August 29 to Monday, August 31.
21 August, 09 Meetings, Friday 21st August and on Monday 24th August. Nothing on Unite website,
20 August,09 Here's what Unite has to say.Unite.com
Manchester Airport baggage handlers, terminal cleaners and ground staff responsible for refueling aircraft balloting for strike on August bank holiday. Beginning Friday, August 28,29,30,31. Just a few of the airlines that will be affected, Aer Lingus, Air Berlin, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Finnair, Lufthansa, Monarch and Ryanair...bummer. Unite will release the ballot results 17, August, 09.
GMB have balloted members for strike action and the ballot result is due on Friday 21 August, 09
Bank Holiday weekend 29, 30 and Monday 31, August, 09
We need local source!
Manchester Airport, UK,busiest airport outside of London.
Terminal Road North at Manchester Airport will be closed off from 10am - 3pm on Thursday 3rd September due to fire alarm upgrade works to the underside of the T1 Skylink.
Ryanair dropping operations from Manchester Airport, October 2009 routes because of airport costs. and Flights from Manchester were from Girona, Bremen, Brussels, Cagliari, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Marseille, Bergamo and Shannon. Same thing with London Stansted Airport. 600 local job loss. C'est la vie, moving onto Leeds Airport.
Just a few of the airlines that will be effected by a strike at Manchester Airport. Air France, American Airlines, BMI, Delta, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Monarch, Olympic Airways, Ryanair, Singapore Airlines, Thomas Cook, Virgin Atlantic,
