Originally Posted by
ATNotts
I think we're entering into the realms of fantasy here!!
Transatlantic is essentially a thing of the past, at least for the time being, from regional airports other than Manchester, and if you can call it regional nowadays, Edinburgh. The USA is no longer a cheap destination for UK leisure travellers that would make up the bulk of any demand from NCL, and do you really see enough inbound demand for the Northeast from US originating passengers who for the most part, leisure-wise, can't see far beyond London, Stratford and Edinburgh.
BHX is closer to the other English pull, Stratford upon Avon and it can't attract or support scheduled services from the USA.
As was suggested upthread Turkish is the most likely "big fish" to be lined up at NCL, or even Pegasus perhaps to provide hub connections at Istanbul to Asia and Australia.
We definitely get a lot of North Americans visiting along Hadrian's Wall, although unlike the Antipodeans that market drops off massively as soon as the nights start cutting in. The two factors that would reduce the likelihood of a NA airline flying, even seasonally, into NCL, though, are that they don't see it as a hardship to drive from Edinburgh or York just for a couple of hours stop-off at some Roman ruins. And the ones who stay for weeks on end are doing a longer tour that normally has Edinburgh or London somewhere near either end of it
Still, twice a week A321 to NYC or a connection point in ?anada? Could work. But then again, I'm not the CEO of Westjet or JetBlue
