More information.
The management team behind Gate Aviation at Newcastle are apparently all experienced in handling, largely ex Swissport management I am told. So they should be more than capable of handling the situation.
What worries me, is that this company is going to go from a few Jetstreams with long turnarounds, to 30minute ones with Easy 737's and 319's, and I am told that the ground staff at Gate have had little to no practical experience with Easyjet and these larger aircraft, let alone dealing with a totally different type of passenger. I don't suppose there are many drunken hen parties and football fans flying out to Stavanger with Eastern.
Anyone care to make predictions as to how the handover is going to go?