I am so annoyed I have started a petition. Feel free to sign
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/BA_action/index.html

Jacqueline, St Helens,

BA charged around £900 for MAN-JFK economy return during May Day week. The two American competitors on the route, Continental (flying to Newark) and Delta use cramped 757's (like BA used to use on the MAN-LHR Shuttle). I had to fly Aer Lingus via Dublin to get widebody comfort at a decent price.

Andrew Collins, Leicester, UK

Heartbroken because a flight is cancelled? Get a grip! Look around the world and see real tragedy!

Richard, Plymouth,

BA ceased to be the national carrier when it was privatised, business is business. Either you make Money or you pull the plug. its not like BA get subsidised like the railways do and there is still an excellent choice of other decent airlines to choose from.

Good on BA for making the call.

JamesG, Shanghai, China

It must be clear to everybody that BA is on it's way down. In 10 years it will not exist. The same happened to TWA and Pan Am for the same reason, complacency.

Peter Fordham, Pego, Spain

Personally I am gutted - I was booked on the New Years Eve flight to JFK to be there for my 40th birthday.

I found out today via this site that the flights were stopping and until I logged into my online booking was completely unaware that my holiday had been cancelled.

They didn't have the good grace to ring, email or anything - I'm heartbroken

Jo Taylor, Manchester ,

BA is a commercial business operating to make a profit, if they feel that a route is not sufficiently profitable why should they continue to fly it? If there is sufficiently profitable demand for this type of service on this route then another operator will step in to provide for it, if not then the reality is that Manchester - New York as a route can not sustain the number or type of flights that may operate today.

Chris Brock, Swindon, UK

I wonder why the service makes a loss. The fare is higher than from Heathrow. Every flight I have made from Manchester to the US (though never by BA) has been full. Is it due to the number of premium seats/fares, i.e. too many tourists?

Robert Williams, Halifax, England

Why Willie Walsh believe that it is more important establish an operation on the Continent under the banner of Open Skies, than flying out of the UK's second largest airport?

Thirty year ago British Airways was flying 747's from Mancheter and Prestwick to New York and Toronto, now with the huge expansion in air travel you have to take a domestic flight to Heathrow.

This has merely gifted business to competitors like KLM, and Air France. Why pay UK longhaul Air Departure Duty, especially those on business fares, when you can take a short hop to Schipol or CDG and save money?

Edna Burbridge, Engreve, France

This is not on,Manchester is the main airport in the North of England.

stephen hulton, eure, france