Montrel-Dubai - what a load of rubbish I suggest you check your dictionary for the word 'consoliodation'. What we have at NCL is a management team with the lack of vision to get the routes we need. Whilst Liverpool and Bristol have lost routes in the past couple of years like Newcastle these have been more than replaced by new ones a situation which has not happened at Newcastle. While Newcastle may have gained scheduled services to Split, Malta and Sharm-el-Sheik we have lost, totally, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Valencia and seen massive reductions in frequencies to Cork, Dublin, Hanover, Pisa and Stansted
apaul - agree with you there are airports worse off than NCL but we are heading that way unless NCL management get their fingers out. We are to reliant on the bucket and spade routes. Just look at the number of routes we have to Spain a country like the UK deep in recesion, however we are served with bad links to France and Germany, the first of the European countries to emerge from recession. This is not only bad for the airport but also the wider regional economy.