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Bilbao is a strange choice. Would have thought there was more market for Valencia, Almeria or Madrid. BIO did'nt work from Bristol.
I'm not so sure it didn't work for BRS and thus it might work for NCL, given that BRS and NCL seem to carry about the same easyJet loads, broadly speaking, on comparable routes.
I was very surprised to see BRS-BIO go in the end and can only think that the loads themselves were not the cause - I realise yields are the important thing.
The last four months (July-Oct 2004) of the BRS-BIO route (one rotation per day) produced 7816, 8194, 7059 and 6878 pax per month respectively, or from 80% to 90% of the 737's capacity, and the last figure was for October when the route was being run down.
In fact, some of the new routes from BRS, incl MAD and VLC, are producing loads less good than this, although it is of course comparing new routes in winter with one that had rapidly established itself (in bald load figures anyway) in the summer/autumn.
So, I would have thought that BIO could not be ruled out altogether from NCL.
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Bilbao would probably work out of NCL, more so than it would from BRS. I believe that there is a fairly large ex-pat population of 'ethnic mackems'(!) in the basque regions, given a large number of miners that relocated years and years ago.
Athletic Bilbao got their stripes from Sunderland AFC, hence the Anglicized name of the team. Whether these miners returned home, I don't know. I assume that many stayed, and therefore a market could be made for NCL-BIO
Athletic Bilbao got their stripes from Sunderland AFC, hence the Anglicized name of the team. Whether these miners returned home, I don't know. I assume that many stayed, and therefore a market could be made for NCL-BIO
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MYT 330
The 330 was brought in to cover the delayed 827/8 flight to Faro as the aircraft due to operate was still stuck in Alicante Tech. (SUEW) Eventually came in Tea time sunday.
The previous week a 330 was brought in and operated to ALC with MME pax aswell as NCL pax, no bussing to manch, due FHAJ being tech. Bit of a bad week for mytravel.
The previous week a 330 was brought in and operated to ALC with MME pax aswell as NCL pax, no bussing to manch, due FHAJ being tech. Bit of a bad week for mytravel.
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A few years ago there was talk of a scheduled service, I think about 3 times a week to ATH. operator that was investigating the route has since gone bust but surely it would make sense for easyjet or even Aegean to start up?
Maybe BIO with easy will work? Faro will and IBZ will be during the summer. Judging by other discussions on this forum NCL is to gain alot of new holiday charter routes, which would not usually be associated with a regional airport. For the record Thomas Cook, TUI and MyTravel are supposedly selling holidays to the following for Summer 06:
AOK/GPS/JMK/SMI/SUF/LIS/PDL/SPC/TFN/XRY/NCE/AGA/RMI
Whats happened to the rumoured FlyBE expansion?
With more and more flights NCL pax numbers are going to rocket and the charter terminal is going to be a bursting point throughout the summer!
Maybe BIO with easy will work? Faro will and IBZ will be during the summer. Judging by other discussions on this forum NCL is to gain alot of new holiday charter routes, which would not usually be associated with a regional airport. For the record Thomas Cook, TUI and MyTravel are supposedly selling holidays to the following for Summer 06:
AOK/GPS/JMK/SMI/SUF/LIS/PDL/SPC/TFN/XRY/NCE/AGA/RMI
Whats happened to the rumoured FlyBE expansion?
With more and more flights NCL pax numbers are going to rocket and the charter terminal is going to be a bursting point throughout the summer!
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Ive been watching the other thread on this about the new charter routes.
There are a total of 10 new routes which would mean an extra aircraft for 2006..... ( where will they park it?) thats without first choice and there new routes together with easyjet and flybe.
ive asked jpk505 to list times and days of operation as this could all be just rumors.... hopefully not
There are a total of 10 new routes which would mean an extra aircraft for 2006..... ( where will they park it?) thats without first choice and there new routes together with easyjet and flybe.
ive asked jpk505 to list times and days of operation as this could all be just rumors.... hopefully not
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Taken from another thread but good news for this one.
TTG 18 March. Czech Airlines are looking at launching flights from Prague to Newcastle and Bristol.
Would be competition for Easyjet.
TTG 18 March. Czech Airlines are looking at launching flights from Prague to Newcastle and Bristol.
Would be competition for Easyjet.
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There are a total of 10 new routes which would mean an extra aircraft for 2006.....
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It's been very quiet on the scheduled new route announcement side since before christmas.
I hope the CSA service comes to fruition and some more EZY routes are much needed at NCL!!
On a more serious note will NCL cope in the summer. It's busy now; especially in the morning rush! Do they need more gates and stands - rather quickly!
I hope the CSA service comes to fruition and some more EZY routes are much needed at NCL!!
On a more serious note will NCL cope in the summer. It's busy now; especially in the morning rush! Do they need more gates and stands - rather quickly!
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Love to see it, thought Continental would have been favourites though. And i'm not gonna hold my breath.
Parking not going to be a problem, think the biggest problems will be in the terminal - going to get awfully crowded at times.
On a more serious note will NCL cope in the summer. It's busy now; especially in the morning rush! Do they need more gates and stands - rather quickly!
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I know airliners.net isnt the best of sources 
But a member on there has stated that there is more chance of an AA NYC flight than CO NYC flight, and this was someone that predicted the Cimber Air/SAS flight to CPH a year ago, and he usually speaks the truth. Uses the name Billy.
And anyway,is it a 757 or MD83 that SCY are basing then?
But a member on there has stated that there is more chance of an AA NYC flight than CO NYC flight, and this was someone that predicted the Cimber Air/SAS flight to CPH a year ago, and he usually speaks the truth. Uses the name Billy.And anyway,is it a 757 or MD83 that SCY are basing then?