On a separate note, a little food for thought - Emirates DXB-NCL service is said to have been the airlines most success new route to date
Since the revenue figures are confidential they don't have to back it up. hey flatter a lot of airports saying this, Glasgow was told this many times. I would have trouble believing that with a whole host of new routes across the world that the North East of England would really be the new Jewel in the Crown. Honestly it's just spin. Manchester supporters are similar in that they are still pi**ed off that Ba pulled out. The proof of the pudding is that the dropped routes were not picked up and the market isn't really there.
Teesside - Moscow has NO market.