Guest 776- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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The world at your finger tips from your local airport...KLM ANNOUNCE DOUBLE DAILY FLIGHTS TO AMSTERDAM FROM MANSTON!!
Just announced on Twitter.
Can only be for the good.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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i take twitter with a pinch of salt.but i will give it 6 months.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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indeed mrs w the champagne corks can fly with the advent of this daily service to schiphol with only a 30 minute check in time.
Guest 776- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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twitter is good stuff, and very good with info etc.
embrace it.
The more this area opens up the better, then the DHB can be stuffed.
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Yay !!!!!!! I'm so excited about this, Great stuff!!!! It's Brilliant news for the South East. I just hope they get enough bookings for DOUBLE daily flights to Amsterdam.
On the last occasion I flew to to Schiphol from Manston we were stranded there and had to return by Eurolines after EU Jet went bust.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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Your Mr. Buchanan is one super-dooper quick change artiste, the bottom lip is a bit of a give-away though.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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very observant tom i would never have known without seeing those 2 photos of him/them together.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,883
Also quick change glasses and hair colour.
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Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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This is Great News! I just love Amsterdam, it's nothing to do with their Red Light District, Honest!
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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I used to fly through Schiphol quite often when I was deepsea, joining and leaving ships in different parts of the world for my few months tour of duty.
It was a long time before I discovered that the name means Ship Hole because the airport is built on part of a vast reclaimed lake which used to experience severe storms and was the scene of countless shipwrecks, many of which lie under the airport!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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visited a few ship holes in the past myself ed, you soon get used to them.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Great we will be using it .
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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So will we, if the flight times and fares are suitable I can feel a few day trips coming on.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Now lets get the same for Spain we are going back very soon and at a very low cost.
Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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Fantastic news. More, please!
When EU Jet flew to Amsterdam from Manston, we used it once and found the service was OK, but the flight coming home was bizarre in that it took longer to walk from the check-in desk to the departure gate than the actual flight. Schiphol is a BIG, BIG airport.....!
Won't be like that with KLM, though. Thank God.
True friends stab you in the front.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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I used to fly through Schiphol regularly. The first class lounge upstairs was fantastic- free drinks 24/7 and always a free hot and cold buffet which would put many a five star hotel to shame. KLM always make sure their flights are at gates near the departure lounges, cheapo airlines passengers face a long hike.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Well I had planned to take the mrs to Amsterdam for a long weekend over her birthday in April but the lowest return fare from Manston I can find is £170 each so it's going to be a ferry trip plus a 4 hour drive each way. Then I can stop off at Beerlijn in Delft and stock up with a few good Dutch & Belgian brews.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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That price won't see many (any ?) takers; why does KLM have to hike the prices so much that no one flies. This won't do Manston much good at all.
Roger
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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It will get business travellers Roger, the flights are timed for that market. If a £170 fare saves you a £150 hotel bill you're quids in.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I appreciate the need for business-travel Peter, but for tourism in East Kent to benefit (including local businesses), prices must be more realistic.
Roger
