Our UK base is mid way between MME and NCL, and when connecting back on KLM I would prefer MME as it's much easier to come back through and the connection times are marginally better through AMS. Unfortunately, the fares always seem to be a good £20-£30 more per person therefore it doesn't make sense to do that option once adding the departure tax onto it as well and the lack of ease to get to Darlington train station to catch the train back north.
I'd love to see Peel Investments make a good go of it this time, I can only hope that it is a different management structure at Peel's end though otherwise it could end up being the same old story that we saw last time around...
Here's hoping that it can remain a viable business, if for nothing else but the 130+ staff who work there, amongst which I have the pleasure of knowing a lot of them.
-HD-