From what I understand, BRS has NO airbridges at all, yet they have a NYC flight.
What people should be worried about though, is why pax figures on the scheduled flights are falling.
A quick look at the airport website shows:
March 2006
Scheduled Domestic 154341
Scheduled International 150227
March 2005
Scheduled Domestic 164447
Scheduled International 144466
So, altogether scheduled pax
March 2006 = 304568
March 2005 = 308913
A decline of over 4000, despite the fact there is more scheduled flights this year, than there was last. Which suggests loads from NCL are on the decline. So instead of worrying about the facilities or future expansion, perhaps better advertising of the routes NCL currently has would be a much better area to look at, to stop this decline in numbers.
BRS has overtaken NCL in annual pax figures recently, so perhaps the Newcastle management should have a look at why Bristol is so successful, in order to get NCL back on track.
Just my 2 pence
