From the 1st August 2011 Etihad will increase it's daily AUH-MAN-AUH to 10 flights per week. The extra flights will be on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Good to see the confidence in Manchester is on the increase again. Been a tough few years at MAN (passenger numbers wise and employment wise - we've lost some amazing colleagues over the last few years). Let's hope this trend continues InshaAllah.

Also, nothing firm, but I overheard that Thai are looking at a BKK-India-Man service (maybe to cover the SQ service that once operated from MAN) - but it's nothing firm so please don't quote me.