A321's
Hi,
Yes, the A321's with Sharklets do have more than enough range for NCL-SSH, BUT, they can't do it full from NCL's runway. They are being used, or will be being used by Finnair on routes from Helsinki to the Canaries, Egypt and also to Dubai replacing their 757's which are off to Aer Lingus.
The A321's may just mess up NCL, it will struggle to the Canaries and Turkey on bad days and it will also take a really bad hit to Sharm. Especially if it doesn't have sharklets. Also, it will mean that they can't do JSI-NCL non stop anymore, which was bound to happen at some point anyway.
I can hopefully see them realising the mistake and bringing back the 757's for 2015. I think NCL is the wrong airport for this "experiment." They should wait until they have the Sharkletted A321's and they have proven themselves.