We are always looking out for new opportunities to develop our offerings for flights departing from regional airports. We have actually increased our Manchester departures by over 60% for 2015/16, but many of our 2014/15 departures were discontinued as we simply didn’t have the passenger numbers to make them viable. Keep your eyes peeled for more departures from Manchester in our future brochures.

This option is currently on our web teams to-do list and we are well aware of how important this feature is to you.

Kindest regards,

Monty

Living in Scotland, I always smile when I see a plea for more flights from Manchester for those who live in the north!!

Lesley

Living in Birmingham, I too have to smile when I see pleas for more holiday departures from Manchester.

In the April 2015 brochure covering 2015/2016, Manchester departures exceeded those from Birmingham by almost 70%, and let's not forget the convenience of connecting flights from Manchester to Heathrow! (OK, I realise that that adds to the holiday cost).

In Birmingham, not only do we get few departures but we have no connecting flights to Heathrow or Gatwick either, which means travelling down by coach and/or staying in a hotel the night before departure. I do realise that the connecting flight problem is not JY's fault as airlines don't run them, but even when there are Birmingham flights to destinations that JY operate, this option is sometimes ignored.

For example, Icelandair introduced direct flights from Birmingham to Reykjavik earlier this year but it's not offered by JY - even for 2016 departures as far as I'm aware. Similarly, for the Australia trip, Emirates fly to Dubai twice a day from Birmingham, where you can connect onwards (as JY do from Heathrow) to Perth, but it's not an option. I could make a similar case for some of JY's Italian destinations that fly in to Naples, but once again flights direct from Birmingham are not offered.

So please people in Manchester, be thankful for the many local departures that you DO get, because here in the second city we are largely ignored comparatively speaking.

Cheers

Mike

Sandy

I hope this post is received with a dollop of festive cheer,

Best wishes,

Bob

Jaya

Its more to do with if flights are available why not use them from whichever airport it can be done. This did happen on many European hols with very little surcharge when i first travelled ith JY. Remember doing Andalucia and then Mallorca and on those holidays there was people travelling from Manchester, East Midlands, Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham & Stanstead on top of the Gatwick group.

Testing my memory the maximum surcharge was £29 some were free, believe the flights were usually with Easy Jet & Monarch not an issue to me on a short haul holiday.

I do agree SKW makes a good point and flights can only be considered if their times match up or its a very short transfer to the hotel.

To be honest living over in North Yorkshire non of the airports are easy for me, sure of those mentioned Manchester is best but not that much easier than getting to London.

Now if all the holidays i fancy can go from Doncaster next year I'll be delighted, lol.

Mick

Firstly let me say I sympathise with people in other parts of the country that are not offered regional flights close to them. However, Manchester is a large airport with flights to many of the destination airports of the Just You holidays. I would much rather go on an economy airline than have to get a train to Euston, then a tube to Victoria, then catch the Gatwick Express, then have to stay in a hotel overnight and do all the above in reverse on my return. It takes much of the pleasure out of the holiday for me and I have decided not to do it anymore if I find that I could have arrived at the same airport from Manchester had I been offered it. My first holiday this year will NOT be with Just You for that reason.

Angie,

I often go on the train (arrive in Kings x) and wonder if you realise that you can get a direct train from St Pancras to Gatwick (carries on to Brighton i believe). A short walk along Euston road (10 mins) may be easier than the hassle of the tube to Victoria and Gatwick express.

The trains run approx every 30 minutes and do stop a few times but usually plenty of seats available (takes 50 mins).

Mick

All in all, I am just happy to have found JY as I am a wimp at travelling on my own and I have had great holidays.

Rae

Firstly let me say I sympathise with people in other parts of the country that are not offered regional flights close to them. However, Manchester is a large airport with flights to many of the destination airports of the Just You holidays. I would much rather go on an economy airline than have to get a train to Euston, then a tube to Victoria, then catch the Gatwick Express, then have to stay in a hotel overnight and do all the above in reverse on my return. It takes much of the pleasure out of the holiday for me and I have decided not to do it anymore if I find that I could have arrived at the same airport from Manchester had I been offered it. My first holiday this year will NOT be with Just You for that reason.

Angie,

I often go on the train (arrive in Kings x) and wonder if you realise that you can get a direct train from St Pancras to Gatwick (carries on to Brighton i believe). A short walk along Euston road (10 mins) may be easier than the hassle of the tube to Victoria and Gatwick express.

The trains run approx every 30 minutes and do stop a few times but usually plenty of seats available (takes 50 mins).

Mick

Hi Mick, Thanks for the info re St Pancras. I will look into that if I decide to go from Gatwick in the future. My point was that IF I could have got a flight from Manchester and it wasn't offered to me I would not go to the trouble of shlepping down to Gatwick. UNLESS I was desperate to take a particular holiday!! The trouble is that there are so many tempting ones aren't there?

Angie