Whilst a second long haul scheduled route would be great for the airport and encourage other airlines that there is business at NCL, I must agree, NCL has a small (or smaller) population than the EMA area, including Nottingham, Derby etc. Lets not forget that UKIA once served EMA-ISB and loads were average for a new start up, so potential is there. I have always thought a weekly/bi-weekly service could possibly work, along with a low frequency TLV??
EMA/LBA definately before NCL.