NEWCASTLE

[Jamesair]

aeulad

A second Alicante rotation is in line with my thinking although frequency increases on Bristol and Stansted must be being considered. Traffic on the Bristol route is one of the domestic success stories when you consider the levels under BACX.

[johnwalton]

I can't see BRS or STN increasing, personally. Maybe LGW, as they already fly LGW-EDI 4x daily. Could see ALC go 2x daily over the summer, after all it operates twice daily at the weekends anyway.

[witchdoctor]

Gee, £4.80 an hour. Where do I queue to thank them?

[Jamesair]

They did try STN at 5 daily for a month but didn't seem to get many extra pax.

It seems that the NorthEast region is to get its own Regional Route Development Fund soon, to be aimed at business routes. This should lead to some interesting new routes.

[GrahamK]

AF are sticking a CRJ-700 onto the 3rd Daily flight from the summer, the AF1172/1173.

[10 DME ARC]

AF are putting CRJ-700 on both middle of the day flights, the nightstopper remaining a E145.

[Jamesair]

AF must be holding its own against Easyjet although I suppose they are aiming for the Business/interline market.

[Devonair]

I heard EI are looking at flights to Dublin from NCL. They have decided to re launch UK flights from DUB even with FR competition (as seen at LPL and BRS). A middle of the day flight would be great and well supported I'm sure.

[nclairportfan]

It would mean they could try to obtain a share of the transatlantic market if connections were available to and from Dublin.

[CentreFix25]

AF are putting CRJ-700 on both middle of the day flights

Does this mean Brit Air are going to replace Regional, as they seem to operate the CRJs?

[CentreFix25]

This thread seems to be dropping down the league, so I'll rekindle it:

So what will Summer'05 bring in the way of based aircraft?

2 x TCX 757's
2 x BAL 757's
2 x XLA 737's
1 x MYT A320/1
5 x EZY 737's (or are we up to 6 now?)

care to correct or add....

[johnwalton]

Yep, we're already on 6x EZY 737s, with rumour of number 7 on the way.

Maybe 1x Islandsflug (or someone like that) as well?

[10 DME ARC]

At the moment;

Based IT
2 x TCX B752
2 X BAL B752
1 X MYT A320
3 X XLA 1xB738 2xB734

Sched
6 X EZY (Hopefully No 7 sometime during the summer)
5 X Night stoppers
2 X EZE JS41's

Still plenty of time to change thou.........

[captainben]

Allegedly, Newcastle are getting TF-ELJ again this year, which is now with Excel Airways and has just been repainted into a new Excel livery. This will mean 1x Excel 737-800 and 2x Excel 737-400's (not sure where the other one's coming from) based at NCL this year to cover for the My Travel losses.

[GrahamK]

Should be 2 XLA 738s with the HH/XLA 734 doing some flighs on 3 or 4 days a week??!!??

[Jamesair]

Not exactly a "new route" but according to BA timetables the Newcastle - Heathrow route is expanding from 6 to 7 daily for the summer season.

[CentreFix25]

Reports elsewhere say XLA to have a 737-800 based along with TF-ELJ and 767-300 3-4 days to do SFB and Puerto Plata.

[10 DME ARC]

You don't get out much.......been seven since early December!

[GrahamK]

Onur Air sending in an A300 on the Sunday Night Dalaman this year

[ric180880]

I've heard on the grapevine that Britannia is to base a 762 at NCL along with a 757 that will be based Mon - Fri, and then go to STN for the weekend.