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Thanks for the info which I've passed on.....sorry to hear that the ramp guys were messed around so much. (Sadly it sounds familiar, that is the swapping around and usual Easyjet chaos!
Further inquiries have confirmed that EZY are in a mess with cabin and flightcrew shortages leading to cancellations from several bases. Titan Airways are to fly lots of sub-chartered schedules during the next few months. Apparently Globespan have operated one route with a B767 this week due to sick aircraft.
Also bar and catering stocks are woefully inadequate on many NCL flights because supplies are only uplifted once in a morning and once in an afternoon. Typically this means that there is nothing left for the later sectors and the NCL girls get the grief and abuse from disappointed customers!
I can only speak from charter experience but you never have a problem selling to the Geordie market...ever, so why not carry the goods!
Officially though everything is wonderful according to the managers!
Further inquiries have confirmed that EZY are in a mess with cabin and flightcrew shortages leading to cancellations from several bases. Titan Airways are to fly lots of sub-chartered schedules during the next few months. Apparently Globespan have operated one route with a B767 this week due to sick aircraft.
Also bar and catering stocks are woefully inadequate on many NCL flights because supplies are only uplifted once in a morning and once in an afternoon. Typically this means that there is nothing left for the later sectors and the NCL girls get the grief and abuse from disappointed customers!
I can only speak from charter experience but you never have a problem selling to the Geordie market...ever, so why not carry the goods!
Officially though everything is wonderful according to the managers!
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It really has gone painfully quiet on the new route front at NCL and I am unsure as to why!
I still think there is some potential for growth to the following places:
- A low cost airline to Poland (Krakow or Warsaw) - Wizz, Ryanair, EasyJet or Jet2 could all be contenders.
- How about a low cost route to Valencia - Spanish routes seem to do very well from NCL and I would hope this would be a winner.
- I think a daily service to NQY would work - even if it was just in the summer months. WOW or BE would be perfect airlines for this route.
- Twice daily service to NWI with Flybe or Eastern.
- New York is on the wish list too but it looks like the airport are pursuing that one!
- Lots of potential for French routes - MRS, BOD, TLS, LIG. Again, EZY, LS, FR or BE could all be in the running.
- One or two FR routes - HHN would be a good one for us since HLX stopped CGN and Munich. FR should be encouraged that in April the NCL - TRF route carried more pax than their PIK - TRF route. I also understand the NCL - BGY isn't doing too badly.
- JER should have a frequency increase in the summer - it seems mad that we have gone from 5 weekly last year to 1 weekly this year when I understand load factor was good last summer.
- SAS have the pax numbers they said they needed to go double daily to CPH - I'm not sure why they haven't done so as yet.
- BE, WOW or RE could easily knock T3 off the NCL - CWL route if they wanted to based on price alone. Can anyone see this happening?
Anyone have any other thoughts or rumours?
I still think there is some potential for growth to the following places:
- A low cost airline to Poland (Krakow or Warsaw) - Wizz, Ryanair, EasyJet or Jet2 could all be contenders.
- How about a low cost route to Valencia - Spanish routes seem to do very well from NCL and I would hope this would be a winner.
- I think a daily service to NQY would work - even if it was just in the summer months. WOW or BE would be perfect airlines for this route.
- Twice daily service to NWI with Flybe or Eastern.
- New York is on the wish list too but it looks like the airport are pursuing that one!
- Lots of potential for French routes - MRS, BOD, TLS, LIG. Again, EZY, LS, FR or BE could all be in the running.
- One or two FR routes - HHN would be a good one for us since HLX stopped CGN and Munich. FR should be encouraged that in April the NCL - TRF route carried more pax than their PIK - TRF route. I also understand the NCL - BGY isn't doing too badly.
- JER should have a frequency increase in the summer - it seems mad that we have gone from 5 weekly last year to 1 weekly this year when I understand load factor was good last summer.
- SAS have the pax numbers they said they needed to go double daily to CPH - I'm not sure why they haven't done so as yet.
- BE, WOW or RE could easily knock T3 off the NCL - CWL route if they wanted to based on price alone. Can anyone see this happening?
Anyone have any other thoughts or rumours?
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It has previously said that there will be some consolidation on expansion at NCL and after the previous few years, I tend to agree, but could very well be wrong. We may see a few new charterroutes added, but given that the likes of Taba, Cancun, Preveza etc were dropped before they even started may be an omen? However, next year sees the return of SKG and new flight to Luxor and lets not forget that this coming winter, Jet2 will have an enlarged programme and FJE will have an aircraft based, therefore increasing frequency on certain winter sun routes.
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Well personally, I think that were due a new route any time soon, i'm thinking jet2 but, we have to think about all this and wonder why FR and BE dont have big amounts of buisness up here, but INV is fairly new and there is still a year between now and May 2007 so the charters could announce something new, but I do think that New York, will be announced fairly soon! I hope 
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In order for LS to expand would it not require a 3rd based a/c? And what are their plans in the winter when PSA and MAH stop operating? Will they start ski orientated flights? What is probably safe to say at the moment is that easy's NCL expansion will remain rather still until they are fully crewed up.
Now that GB are starting flights from UK regional airports, is NCL in with a chance at getting scheduled flights to the likes of PFO, LCA etc?
Now that GB are starting flights from UK regional airports, is NCL in with a chance at getting scheduled flights to the likes of PFO, LCA etc?
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Crews have been warned to expect a 3 night trip for the TFS flights to NCL, BLK and BFS. The twice weakly rotations to the above will operate from TFS. Saves having a 757 in each of those bases. Still, things could change by then though.