which airline flies to Manchester now?
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Hi I'm searching for which airlines fly direct to Manchester? ie not having to stop in London or Frankfurt -which has to be the worse leg of the journey! Oh from Melbourne and would like to go via Thailand or Malaysia or somewhere we can stop off and have a holiday (NOT AMERICA!!!)
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Singapore deffinately to. So do Emirates and Malaysian I think.
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Originally Posted by TraceyW
Singapore deffinately to. So do Emirates and Malaysian I think.
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Originally Posted by ljj
Hi I'm searching for which airlines fly direct to Manchester? ie not having to stop in London or Frankfurt -which has to be the worse leg of the journey! Oh from Melbourne and would like to go via Thailand or Malaysia or somewhere we can stop off and have a holiday (NOT AMERICA!!!)
Can anybody help?
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Can anybody help?
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Thanks for the replies.
Glad Singapore still do as we prefer them but I know we have heard of a few airlines that have stopped doing Mcr now, Malaysia for one.
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Glad Singapore still do as we prefer them but I know we have heard of a few airlines that have stopped doing Mcr now, Malaysia for one.
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Originally Posted by ljj
Thanks for the replies.
Glad Singapore still do as we prefer them but I know we have heard of a few airlines that have stopped doing Mcr now, Malaysia for one.
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Glad Singapore still do as we prefer them but I know we have heard of a few airlines that have stopped doing Mcr now, Malaysia for one.
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Originally Posted by cinderella
I am not sure about this, but Singapore may have a stop in Frankfurt / Zurich ? - I remember stopping somewhere like that on the way back to MCR from Singapore, but staying on the plane. It was for about 45 minutes.
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Originally Posted by ljj
I can cope with 45 mins. At least I know which airlines to search on now it's 3 years since we have been back a lot has changed flight-wise.
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Originally Posted by Vanessa
Emirates also fly out of Manchester - or they did at Christmas as friends came with them from there.
More legroom on Emirates.
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More legroom on Emirates.
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Malaysia have definitely stopped flying from Manc.
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Originally Posted by ljj
I can cope with 45 mins. At least I know which airlines to search on now it's 3 years since we have been back a lot has changed flight-wise.
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Originally Posted by JackTheLad
Certain days of the week Singapore Airlines fly direct from Manchester to Singapore, and other days with a stopover in Zurich. You'll just need to check nearer the time.
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Yep, can confirm that as ours doesn't stop in Zurich but the next days flight did.
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Yep, can confirm that as ours doesn't stop in Zurich but the next days flight did. ![Smile](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Geez, thanks Wendy for confirming the information!
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