A lot of the appeal of MAN would be its old contracts and liveries, which would not be possible with the current system
To be fair though, a lot of the appeal already comes from stuff we can also get as regular contracts. For example, Monarch is a big airline from MANs past weāve got, Thomas Cook is an airline thatās in game but needs some extra liveries to really make work for MAN, but would come under regular contracts, Flybe would only need the Dash 8 moving to a regular contract from an event arrival. Itās an airport that has chance to have a lot of local contract variety, split between say Ryanair, easyJet, Jet2, TUI and Flybe with airlines like Monarch and Thomas Cook being big parts of the regional contracts alongside longer routes from the previously mentioned airlines.
MAN mostly has the majority of its current airlines and destinations in game, so scenes like the ones @Hirohitoswaifu have been posting should in large part be possible. Airlines like First Choice, Thomas Cook, Monarch, Thomson all fall under the time frame for regular contracts (Thomson liveries for example could put under TUI Airways as itās the same airline), and thatās a big bulk of what you see here. Mix them with the airport as it is now and I think youāve got something rather interesting, especially factoring in events.
Youāve also got to consider the airport from a player connection point of view, which Iād argue is another one of MANs strong points. Whilst itāll be very similar to Heathrow, youāve got the advantage of all airports can be connected to it with the exception of SYD, plus the advantage of spacing out connections around Europe.
And with a bit of wiggle room, MyTravel and others could be mixed in. Also the FlyBe white would be a priority lol. And in the top photo, FlyJet only had 757s so another 752 operator there as well as BMI who are perfect as a second local at LHR so 2 birds one stone (BMI baby too at MAN 
). Plenty of others as well which are not massive fleet airlines and had a type or two so would just add to the lineup.
Just adding onto the bottom of this, modern MAN with airlines and liveries since 2003/4 till now would be a dream. Iām sorry to say Iād likely never leave the airport 
but Iād be spending on the airport big moneys lol.
Not really, As you got any contracts in the game, American carriers, Canadian, European carriers Asia and so on. The C flights be between EasyJet, Jet2 and Ryanair. Hopefully they allow BA on the shuttle service to have B777-200ER or at least B757/767 as they done in real life.
One thing we havent mentioned on this is the amazing vantage points we could do for the cameras.
Airport pub
RVP
Southside
New control tower
Old control tower for great views over all 3 terminals
Over the new multistory car park at T2
they would be my ideal camera/spotting locations
I mean the airport Manchester sounds really nice, but I feel like the country is too small to have multiple airports. Unlike the United States and other bigger countries.
Iād personally disagree, as MAN to LHR flights do exist in reality. The distance between MAN and the closest airport in game is about 130nm (LHR), which is further than PRG to LEJ and similar to INN to ZRH. Whilst they arenāt the same country, itās just a good example of airports that are close together.
I donāt see why there shouldnāt be multiple airports from a smaller country myself if the demand is there for one and the airport would work well in game. This post on its own proves there must be some interest in MAN, with how far itās ended up getting, although @Hirohitoswaifu seems to be up to something in that regard. 
That and I could see some countries getting 2 or more airports as they are very diverse. Sadly LHR is the only airport in the UK thatās limited on traffic types whereas MAN could happily fill that hole, plus if the devs are generous and happy to bend all that timey wimey stuff, BA had their base at MAN until the mid 2000s with the likes of BA Connect based there but also the 757s and 767s they used to do routes from with. It would allow for all options rather than the limited scope of LHR.
In regards to the other countries I could easily see another Italian airport, most likely in the North with Malpensa or Linate or even Turin, or maybe a third in Sardinia with Cagliari. Spain could have 4 with PMI, somewhere like Malaga, Seville or Valencia, a northern airport like Santander, Bilbao or Asturias and then a Canary Island one, maybe more. Germany the same, I think Hamburg and Dusseldorf are good shouts for 2 airports with a good amount of distance, which are interesting and not too big like Frankfurt. France could also do 2 airports like Bordeaux and Paris or Lyon or Nice which are all nicely sized (Except CDG which is huge lol).
USA could do with more airports I agree, Iād personally love to see Minneapolis, but the advantage Europe has I think above most places in the globe is just how different the continent is over small distances and thatās reflected in the airports and airlines/liveries which I think are what bring a lot of players into the game. Plus having Manchester doesnāt limit the likes of Edinburgh or Dublin to come to the game as again thereās enough distance.Big hubs are fantastic if you want 300 A380s in your livery but the smaller airports have a lot of character and allow for these different airports to exist, plus those who like their own airlines can run their own little regional fleets which is a lot more realistic.
Canada deserves an airport though, whether thatās Calgary, Montreal or Vancouver (Though the latter would be good when seaplanes are added).
I think Toronto should be added to that list of potential candian airports just because itās Toronto. That being said we already have enough megahubs in game so I would greatly prefer vancouver, also with the seaplanes as you mentioned, and also having more interesting airlines with variety from all aircraft classes A-E similar to sydney. Also they do 2 runway arrivals sometimes so lotās of aircraft movements. Anyways sorry for the ramble session, I know this thread is about manchester. I am just a HUGE advocate for YVR if you canāt tell 
I mean same with me and MAN haha, hence war and peace above. Would love to see Vancouver but it would need those seaplanes. Calgary I feel would be a great fit for both the location being empty and for it also being a large airport, nearly YVRās size and itās far enough away that Vancouver could be added later, maybe if the devs ever felt like having an airport unlock two and they could be side by side in the progression tree, who knows. An Eastern Canadian airport would be cool though and Toronto I feel is another massive hub as you say, whereas Montreal combined with Calgary would tick all Canadian airlines boxes and cover the country nicely.
Itās the same thing with LHR and MAN, cover different airlines and operate differently too, wouldnāt be a copy and paste situation which I feel some US airports would be, e.g. Denver would be IAD bigly and same with something like Atlanta and Minneapolis, MSP just being ATL small.
This I agree with, plus with the upcoming lighting and shadow improvements, MAN being one of the worlds most recognisable airports for spotting is a brilliant place to let it really shine in screenshots, alongside MANs many well known spotting locations for those up close views.
Great points honestly, as much as I want to see vancouver, I would much rather have a westjet hub than an air canada hub because of the livery, so I wouldnāt complain if we got calgary either.
ANYWAYS back to manchester!! Itās very, manchestery ā¦
Speaking of Air Canada, we are actually having our Toronto route become year round with A21NYs outside of summer, which I think is scheduled as 787s. Just a quick little thing to mention whilst on the subject of Canada, alongside our year round Air Transat flights. We did use to have Air Transat flights to Vancouver at one point as well.
Indeed! Both Calgary and Vancouver used to be air Transat hubs pre pandemic, operating widebody flights to the carribean and europe. But unfortunately air transat has downsized and now basically only operate out of YYZ and YUL and this is partly because they retired all their a310s and most of their a333s but still havenāt replaced them almost 6 years later(you can call the a321neo a replacement, but Iād like to see those as replacements for the retired 738s). But a330neo soon hopefully 
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I do miss seeing those A310s at MAN, always good fun to see something different.
I remember the early 2010ās when certain models were becoming rarer and rarer. And if you went for a day to MAN and got the TS A310, MON A306, and TCX B753 all in the same day youād be buzzing.
Other examples would be the PIA B743, if they got the occasional sub for the B777.
SAS sending in whatever they felt like, could have been a mad dog, 737 classic, 737ng or an airbus.
You also had the last remnants of the first choice livery, before they all got tuified.
itās mad when you think about it, youād expect youād have to go back to ancient history to get lots of variety compared to now, but the reality is you donāt even have to go back too far!
I think with the 737s they add, it should come with a bunch of older liverys that arenāt events, like 2000 onwards rather then 2010 onwards, such as Go or as mentioned in this topic BA connect & Britannia
You on about low cost carriers?
Nah you donāt want BA, only flights you want BA is LHR, LCY maybe LGW, with LHR they could send B777-200ER which have done the route when flights been cancelled.
I am as well as holiday charters and regional aircraft.