I would assume so... Eastern do offer connections on a lot of routes, but at a cheapest return fare of £396, over 2 hours flying time, a connection and poor business timed flights... It's probably cheaper and more convenient to take easyJet to BFS, hire yourself a decent car, take the family for 2 nights at the Europa and make a weekend of it.
Unless the north east is full of highly paid enthusiasts, willing to part with their money on the basis that they'll get full frills service and a more convenient experience, all while flying on quite a rare aircraft... We can probably count the annual NCL-BHD-NCL passengers on one hand