NEWCASTLE

[nclairportfan]

Captainben

Did the Ryanair advert say it would fly from Newcastle? Nothing on their website or booking system.

[Britannia]

Looks like an XLA might be doing a football flight as one came in last night from Brussels, probably TF-ELJ again.

[10 DME ARC]

Ref Shannon

Yes I have just seen the advert as well pg7 of Fridays Chronicle, quarter page advert Shannon from £12.99!

Ryanair advert but with Ireland tourism logo as well. Book by 21/04 travel 05/05 to 07/07. Flights direct from Newcastle Airport!

Interesting.....................

[nclairportfan]

Very odd as their booking system doesn't show it currently. Could be a hint of a new route or just a mistake!

[Britannia]

Might be via Dublin.

[HH6702]

Wait for monday.

Ryanair will annouce new routes SNN and maybe hamburg?

Ryanair said it would expand.

[nclairportfan]

Ryanair don't fly from Dublin to Shannon though and don't offer a connecting flight service. It should be a route from NCL though as I think it would be popular.

Lets wait for Monday!

[10 DME ARC]

Hopefully not just all an expensive mistake which should read Dublin?
Start a new route within three weeks???

How much does a quarter page advert cost in the chronicle????

[johnwalton]

How much does a quarter page advert cost in the chronicle????

I know a quarter page advert in the job section on a Thursday is from £800. Depends what day/placement/page number etc, but you'd be talking in the region £1000-5000, maybe more seen as it was Fridays paper.

[GrahamK]

Is there a reason for the NCL website not showing any flights to Cardiff tomorrow?

[NCLRULES]

Probably because there just special flights. Only operational today.

[GrahamK]

Nah, they would show them surely, especially as the CWL website is showing them

[NCLRULES]

I thought they would aswell, but they didn't. Just the usual 6G flight was on the departures board for Cardiff.

[Jamesair]

The arrivals back from Cardiff are all showing (or up to the cut off time point) on the arrivals/departures section of the airport website.

[Jamesair]

SHANNON

No announcement about Shannon today from either the airport or Ryanair.

Anybody heard anything else on this mystery?

[NCLRULES]

Seems to of gone all quite.....

[10 DME ARC]

Like I said before seems like an expensive mistake!

[captainben]

Must be a canny pricey mistake then, especially if it was in tonight's Chronicle too.

[NCLRULES]

E mail from Newcastle Airport:

Hi Chris

Thank you for your enquiry, I’m afraid it was a mistake we will not be operating to Shannon.

Regards

Customer services

How could FR make a mistake like that!?

[10 DME ARC]

Ryanair must have more money than sense!


On a different subject, have just seen the article in Airliner World on NCL. Seemed very good until the quote "four charter aircraft are based at the airport this summer" !!
I had always rated AW ah never mind, should have read "eight charter aircraft based this summer, BAL 2 x B752, TCX 2 x B752, MYT 1 x A320, XLA 3 a/c (2 x B734 & a SCY B752)"
Only 50% out!!