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Old 5th Sep 2007, 12:21
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Good news! I thought the arrangement for NCL-JER was a bit odd this summer. 4 x weekly should prove popular and I'll definitely book a long weekend!
I am surprised BE aren't announcing a base though, despite mentioning it in press releases last year. Assuming things stay as they are there is enough to keep a couple of aircraft occupied and it would free up capacity in SOU, EXT and BHD. I think that in broad terms next year we will have:
2 x daily NCL-EXT
2 x daily NCL-BHD
3 x daily NCL-SOU
1 x weekly NCL-LIG
4 x weekly NCL-JER

And there is potential for a low fares operator, such as BE to take on NCL-CWL, NCL-ABZ, NCL-NWI amd some german/french destinations too.

Also, on the EK website it states that BE are a domestic transfer partner in the UK so that could generate some income if they do expand.

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