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Once the planned expansion is complete NCL should be able to grow and grow, with the current mix of scheduled, charter and low cost flights. There are many posts on this topic with rumours and possiblities so I thought I'd have my two-penneth on what could work and what is needed at NCL.
New Scheduled Routes to Frankfurt (LH), Zurich (LX), Madrid (EZY), Eastern Europe - Krakow, Warsaw etc (Wizz or Easy), Lisbon, Toulouse/Marseilles, Sched services to Faro, Venice, Athens, Naples, Malta, Cyprus (helios?). New Routes to Scandinavia, Cork, Shannon and of course a worldwide scheduled link to NYC, Dubai....
New charter services to Caribbean, Africa (Agadir, Marrakech, Other coastal resorts in Eygpt), Some italian services (catania, rimini), charter routes to france (sardinia, corsica) or places like croatia...
And what about a year round link with toronto?
Many of the existing flights to some of these places do extremely well on a charter basis, so how about adding scheduled services, introducing new destinations to geordies, afterall new routes to BUD, PRG, Berlin etc have excelled expectations.
New Scheduled Routes to Frankfurt (LH), Zurich (LX), Madrid (EZY), Eastern Europe - Krakow, Warsaw etc (Wizz or Easy), Lisbon, Toulouse/Marseilles, Sched services to Faro, Venice, Athens, Naples, Malta, Cyprus (helios?). New Routes to Scandinavia, Cork, Shannon and of course a worldwide scheduled link to NYC, Dubai....
New charter services to Caribbean, Africa (Agadir, Marrakech, Other coastal resorts in Eygpt), Some italian services (catania, rimini), charter routes to france (sardinia, corsica) or places like croatia...
And what about a year round link with toronto?
Many of the existing flights to some of these places do extremely well on a charter basis, so how about adding scheduled services, introducing new destinations to geordies, afterall new routes to BUD, PRG, Berlin etc have excelled expectations.
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I would have thought with their relationship with Newcastle and Birmingham, Flybe would have added this route in competition with Eastern.
Following on from transwede, I would have thought given the large local Jewish population a route to Israel would be viable on a weekly basis?
Following on from transwede, I would have thought given the large local Jewish population a route to Israel would be viable on a weekly basis?
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Maybe the new Cork route from Durham/Teesside by BMI Baby will help get somebody interested in restarting a service from Newcastle. It used to have decent loads and must present a good opportunity to somebody....Air Wales maybe!!!!!!
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Frankly
can't wait till it all goes tits up, and Parkin gets his marching orders, after the way he has treated the aero club. (see post on private flying)
An empire built on sand if you ask me!!
can't wait till it all goes tits up, and Parkin gets his marching orders, after the way he has treated the aero club. (see post on private flying)
An empire built on sand if you ask me!!
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I think you will find Air Wales are diven by Baby, they do a few routes out of Cardiff for them, Cork being one of them.
Still, got Munich, Cologne and Milan to look forward to next year and who knows what the new year may bring us??
Still, got Munich, Cologne and Milan to look forward to next year and who knows what the new year may bring us??
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Is it true easyJet are basing another aircraft at NCL next year?
This was only a rumour I heard so I am not sure if it is true but it would be good to see more destinations from them especially now that Ryanair have confirmed there will be no more routes until after next Autumn at least (with the exception of Milan going double daily if it is successful).
This was only a rumour I heard so I am not sure if it is true but it would be good to see more destinations from them especially now that Ryanair have confirmed there will be no more routes until after next Autumn at least (with the exception of Milan going double daily if it is successful).
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Only time will tell. To be honest, I didn't think there would be much of a market for the Exeter - Ncl route but, according to Flybe its doing ok.
I had hoped this route would have continued on to Shannon, being the other EU base.
I had hoped this route would have continued on to Shannon, being the other EU base.
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I have wrote to EUJet again today asking if they are planning a route to Shannon. They seem to respond to emails (or they did the last time!). I will let you know if I get a response.
Shannon and Cork routes are much needed at NCL!
Shannon and Cork routes are much needed at NCL!
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I can see more reason why NCL-EXT would be working on a low-fare basis as you would be talking 7 hours on the train, and the Cornwall/Devon region is a popular destination for North East tourists.
As for Manston being used for Eurostar, the train probably works out about the same, with no mode changes. The flight including check-in time and baggage collection would be 2.5 hour minimum, plus 30 mins coach/taxi journey to Ramsgate station, 40 mins journey from Ramsgate to Ashford international, meaning a minimum journey time to connect with Eurostar of about 4 hours. The train would take about 5 hours but you would only have to change at Kings Cross and then London Bridge, no coach or taxi. Suppose we'll have to wait and see how it performs.......
As for Manston being used for Eurostar, the train probably works out about the same, with no mode changes. The flight including check-in time and baggage collection would be 2.5 hour minimum, plus 30 mins coach/taxi journey to Ramsgate station, 40 mins journey from Ramsgate to Ashford international, meaning a minimum journey time to connect with Eurostar of about 4 hours. The train would take about 5 hours but you would only have to change at Kings Cross and then London Bridge, no coach or taxi. Suppose we'll have to wait and see how it performs.......
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NCL - Shannon
Personally I wouldn't look for EU Jet to do NCL-Shannon. At SNN they seem to be concentrating on leisure routes, athough perhaps they should make Kent daily. Perhaps Ryanair (although it wouldn't be any time soon) or Flybe if they open an NCL base would be a better bet
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I just thought that they could have done a morning flight from Manston to Shannon via NCL then a leisure flight from Shannon returning to Manston via NCL in the evening, providing good utilisation for an aircraft.
You are probably correct though and best hope lies with Flybe or maybe Aer Arran.
You are probably correct though and best hope lies with Flybe or maybe Aer Arran.