Quite an interesting article.
And discussions have started on the possibility of easyJet bringing another aircraft to Newcastle at the end of the summer which would open up a host of possible new destinations.
Where could the new easy destinations be? Venice, Naples, eastern Europe, e.g Warsaw, Krakow, Dubrovnik etc. The possibilities for easy are endless.
He said this summer will also see Newcastle offer its best-ever package of holidays.
Indeed, theres extra capacity on the usual package routes and new additions of Kavala and Preveza.
A Viking invasion is poised to sweep across the North East as Newcastle Airport prepares its next batch of low cost flights.
In the years since the low cost explosion has hit the industry Newcastle has done extremely well in developing its area of loco flights, together with regular mainline scheduled and charter flights. In 4 years we have,
easyJet - BRS/STN/BFS/ALC/AGP/BCN/PMI/IBZ/FAO/NCE/CDG/PRG/CIA/BUD/SXF/GVA
Ryanair - TRF/DUB/BGY
Jet2 - MJV/ORK
FlyBe - SOU/EXT/BHD/JER
Hapag Lloyd Express - CGN/MUC/HAJ
and not forgetting the new BritishJet Malta service, which starts within the next few days.
Would, if the airport is successful the new Norweigan Oslo service complement Ryanairs TRF service or would there be a cat fight between the two airlines?
How about some of the following loco airlines starting flights, Wizz Air, Skyeurope, Centralwings etc