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Couple of queries regarding your information on next summer, firstly, is it more than this summer? I'm to busy to work that out for myself. Secondly, I don't know what you mean by Holidays4u will be returning but they will operate a full season, does this mean their services will be all year round or something?
Three charters for the winter is still an improvement on last winter, I think we only had 2 then! Will Air Europa still operate the Friday Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia flight? How do you know the expansion work will start soon? Has there been some developments?
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Three charters for the winter is still an improvement on last winter, I think we only had 2 then! Will Air Europa still operate the Friday Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia flight? How do you know the expansion work will start soon? Has there been some developments?
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There are 28 charters per week this summer (2006) so it's about level with what we should have next summer, when you add in Goldtrail's flights. Those are expected to be Bodrum, Dalaman, Palma again (and possibly Antalya and Tenerife but not sure)
Holidays4u this year operated from mid July til October, whereas in 2007 the first flight is May 2nd, last one October 31st
And actually I believe the winter to be 2 charters again, not 3, don't know where I picked 3 from
Still better than last year with 11 extra weekly flights (10 to BRU (Eastern), 1 to TFS (Flyg) per week)
As far as the expansion work goes, well I'm presuming work will start soon as the plans were passed about a month ago (maybe more) as the front is pretty much finished now I believe.
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Holidays4u this year operated from mid July til October, whereas in 2007 the first flight is May 2nd, last one October 31st
And actually I believe the winter to be 2 charters again, not 3, don't know where I picked 3 from
Still better than last year with 11 extra weekly flights (10 to BRU (Eastern), 1 to TFS (Flyg) per week)As far as the expansion work goes, well I'm presuming work will start soon as the plans were passed about a month ago (maybe more) as the front is pretty much finished now I believe.
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Thanks for clearing that up. Wasn't the new Terminal front supposed to be finished ages ago? When is all the other building work due to finish?
Also, I need an up-to-date list of all aircrafts based at Durham Tees Valley for my website, can you or your brother assist me with that?
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Also, I need an up-to-date list of all aircrafts based at Durham Tees Valley for my website, can you or your brother assist me with that?
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Mmeteesside when you came to 11 extra flights a week did you take into account the lose of the Bristol and Rome as both ran during the winter and the reduction this winter of 2 rotations a week to Dublin? Also did you remember that there are now 2 based bmibaby aircraft. I think it could actually be more than 11 extras a week.
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Well DTV is getting busier with bizjets, we had 16 bizjet/prop movements yesterday and of course the Omni DC10 in yesterday and this morning. Also, yesterday we had the Onur A300 in on the morning and evening Dalaman runs, must be time to get a towbar for one now 
Still parking nose out at the moment, I believe they have one for the DC10 though
Should be good for our pax numbers once again, which btw are going up and up all the time
July provisional numbers are
108479 total pax +10.4%
948003 rolling year +8.9% (getting close )
(in brackets is last July)
Aberdeen - 3035 60.5% (up from 2027, +50% )
Alicante - 5478 84.1% (up from 2410)
Amsterdam - 10705 85.8% (up from 10605, +1%)
Cork - 3401 50% (up from 2324, +46%)
Dublin - 7134 60.9% (up from 6115, +17%)
Gatwick - 4473 58.1%
Heathrow - 9223 53.1% (down from 11586, -20%)
Jersey - 3244 84.3% (up from 2432, +33%)
Knock - 1947 38.7%
Malaga - 5269 80.9% (up from 3528)
Newquay - 4006 75.2% (up from 2872, +39%)
Palma - 4185 78.5% (up from 2470)
Paris CDG - 5273 57.5% (up from 3689, +43%)
As you can see, the Spanish routes continue to do well, Dublin seems to be growing which can only be good news! Also the Cork and Newquay are doing better than I expected!
EDIT: Onion, you are correct!
Therefore, that gives us....
Rome -3, Bristol -10 (they dropped the middle one and Sunday one rather quick), Dublin -2
Tenerife +1, Brussels +10, plus there are 35 baby rotations this winter, so say +14 (presuming it was 3 a day last winter)
Total is -15, +25, so therefore a grand total of +10 extra weekly flights!
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Still parking nose out at the moment, I believe they have one for the DC10 though Should be good for our pax numbers once again, which btw are going up and up all the time
July provisional numbers are108479 total pax +10.4%
948003 rolling year +8.9% (getting close
)(in brackets is last July)
Aberdeen - 3035 60.5% (up from 2027, +50%
)Alicante - 5478 84.1% (up from 2410)
Amsterdam - 10705 85.8% (up from 10605, +1%)
Cork - 3401 50% (up from 2324, +46%)
Dublin - 7134 60.9% (up from 6115, +17%)
Gatwick - 4473 58.1%
Heathrow - 9223 53.1% (down from 11586, -20%)
Jersey - 3244 84.3% (up from 2432, +33%)
Knock - 1947 38.7%
Malaga - 5269 80.9% (up from 3528)
Newquay - 4006 75.2% (up from 2872, +39%)
Palma - 4185 78.5% (up from 2470)
Paris CDG - 5273 57.5% (up from 3689, +43%)
As you can see, the Spanish routes continue to do well, Dublin seems to be growing which can only be good news! Also the Cork and Newquay are doing better than I expected!
EDIT: Onion, you are correct!
Therefore, that gives us....
Rome -3, Bristol -10 (they dropped the middle one and Sunday one rather quick), Dublin -2
Tenerife +1, Brussels +10, plus there are 35 baby rotations this winter, so say +14 (presuming it was 3 a day last winter)
Total is -15, +25, so therefore a grand total of +10 extra weekly flights!
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Wow, some good passenger figures there! Some have almost doubled! But I assume thats due to it being summer? Glad Dublin is up but it will be down again shortly since Ryanair have cut 2x weekly rotations 
There must be a reason for all the business movements? Something going on in the area or something?
There must be a reason for all the business movements? Something going on in the area or something?
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So if baby only have 35 rotations a week that leaves 7 spare rotations if they operate the aircraft on 3 flights a day, which is what they should be doing. Tell me are those 7 rotations already taken up with w patterns say MME-ORK-MAN-ORK-MME for instance or are they completly spare and if so when will they fill them? They can't be think of leaving the aircraft on the ground. Them if you add those extra rotations in if they do use them out of MME thats 17 extras a week isn't it! We can but hope.
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Onion, heres what I have so far for Baby this winter
Monday
0700/1035 4883/4884 CDG
1110/1750 4113/4114 ALC
1900/2200 4621/4622 LGW
0710/1415 4003/4004 AGP
1820/2125 4571/4572 ORK
Tuesday
0700/1035 4883/4884 CDG
1100/1725 4309/4310 PMI
1900/2200 4621/4622 LGW
0710/1415 4003/4004 AGP
1820/2125 4571/4572 ORK
Wednesday
0700/1035 4883/4884 CDG
1105/1555 4683/4684 GVA from 21st Dec
1900/2200 4621/4622 LGW
0735/1410 4113/4114 ALC
1820/2125 4571/4572 ORK
Thursday
0700/1035 4883/4884 CDG
1100/1725 4309/4310 PMI
1900/2200 4621/4622 LGW
0710/1415 4003/4004 AGP
1820/2125 4571/4572 ORK
Friday
0700/1035 4883/4884 CDG
1110/1750 4113/4114 ALC
1900/2200 4621/4622 LGW
0710/1415 4003/4004 AGP
1820/2125 4571/4572 ORK
Saturday
0800/1135 4883/4884 CDG
1200/1505 4571/4572 ORK
1540/2230 4003/4004 AGP
1100/1400 4621/4622 LGW until 9th Dec
1105/1555 4683/4684 GVA from 16th Dec
1620/2235 4309/4310 PMI
Sunday
0705/1145 4683/4684 GVA from 17th Dec
1350/1725 4883/4884 CDG
2015/2315 4571/4572 ORK
0930/1610 4113/4114 ALC
1900/2200 4621/4622 LGW
Monday
0700/1035 4883/4884 CDG
1110/1750 4113/4114 ALC
1900/2200 4621/4622 LGW
0710/1415 4003/4004 AGP
1820/2125 4571/4572 ORK
Tuesday
0700/1035 4883/4884 CDG
1100/1725 4309/4310 PMI
1900/2200 4621/4622 LGW
0710/1415 4003/4004 AGP
1820/2125 4571/4572 ORK
Wednesday
0700/1035 4883/4884 CDG
1105/1555 4683/4684 GVA from 21st Dec
1900/2200 4621/4622 LGW
0735/1410 4113/4114 ALC
1820/2125 4571/4572 ORK
Thursday
0700/1035 4883/4884 CDG
1100/1725 4309/4310 PMI
1900/2200 4621/4622 LGW
0710/1415 4003/4004 AGP
1820/2125 4571/4572 ORK
Friday
0700/1035 4883/4884 CDG
1110/1750 4113/4114 ALC
1900/2200 4621/4622 LGW
0710/1415 4003/4004 AGP
1820/2125 4571/4572 ORK
Saturday
0800/1135 4883/4884 CDG
1200/1505 4571/4572 ORK
1540/2230 4003/4004 AGP
1100/1400 4621/4622 LGW until 9th Dec
1105/1555 4683/4684 GVA from 16th Dec
1620/2235 4309/4310 PMI
Sunday
0705/1145 4683/4684 GVA from 17th Dec
1350/1725 4883/4884 CDG
2015/2315 4571/4572 ORK
0930/1610 4113/4114 ALC
1900/2200 4621/4622 LGW
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Are Eastern and bmibaby shooting themselves in the foot with routes?
The reason I ask this is that Eastern still haven't released the Brussels for booking yet and it is under a month before the route is due to start, surely people are wanting to book yet can't so go and book a flight out of Newcastle or Leeds. How do they expect the route to have any chance? It really isn't the way to promote a new route. As for bmibaby they're just as bad with the Geneva, release the timetable with it on then, take it off and never any sign that you could book it. Maybe this could be because this service is going to be an IT rather than a secheduled service (just a thought for why no signs of it on the bmibaby website now). Anyone know any diferent?
The reason I ask this is that Eastern still haven't released the Brussels for booking yet and it is under a month before the route is due to start, surely people are wanting to book yet can't so go and book a flight out of Newcastle or Leeds. How do they expect the route to have any chance? It really isn't the way to promote a new route. As for bmibaby they're just as bad with the Geneva, release the timetable with it on then, take it off and never any sign that you could book it. Maybe this could be because this service is going to be an IT rather than a secheduled service (just a thought for why no signs of it on the bmibaby website now). Anyone know any diferent?
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Will the front be complete by this Saturday (16-09-06) as I'm going to be at the airport to see some relatives off on the baby 4012 to Jersey.
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I'm not sure whether it'll be complete, but it won't be far off!
A little snippit of good news is that Northern Aviation are doing well with their Beech 200 G-ONAL and are acquiring another shortly. This will be followed by a 3rd next year, with a view to buying a Citation in the future!
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A little snippit of good news is that Northern Aviation are doing well with their Beech 200 G-ONAL and are acquiring another shortly. This will be followed by a 3rd next year, with a view to buying a Citation in the future!
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The front should be complete by this Wednesday. Just the arrivals exit doors to go in. The new landside seating area is a good few weeks away from completion.
Onion, no GVA this winter I'm afraid, even though it did appear very briefly in the flying programme. Just 33 weekly departures from baby for the winter.
However, there may be some good news announced shortly with a new carrier operating into MME
On a bit of a 'spotterish' note (sorry spotters !) it was good to see an old 727-100 circuit bashing yesterday. A bizjet I presume ?
Onion, no GVA this winter I'm afraid, even though it did appear very briefly in the flying programme. Just 33 weekly departures from baby for the winter.
However, there may be some good news announced shortly with a new carrier operating into MME
On a bit of a 'spotterish' note (sorry spotters !) it was good to see an old 727-100 circuit bashing yesterday. A bizjet I presume ?
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A new operator or an old one returning!!!!!
Aren't Eastern leaving it a little late ofr the 2nd Oct? Still no sign of being able to book. Could this have something to do with the new operator your suggesting?
Aren't Eastern leaving it a little late ofr the 2nd Oct? Still no sign of being able to book. Could this have something to do with the new operator your suggesting?
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So this new or returning carrier sounds like a dead cert! Any ideas as to who it might be? I can't think of any "old" carriers who might be returning except for MyTravel Airways, First Choice Airways or Thomas Cook Airlines.
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Could well be Flybe on BHD (reducing NCL to only 1x daily soon) or it could be that Esperia from Manston, they're launching bookings on October 10th I believe, that qualifies as being soon
On the other hand it could be someone completely different (Clickair? )
Great news on the new front being ready on wednesday
Only a few months late!
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On the other hand it could be someone completely different (Clickair?
)Great news on the new front being ready on wednesday
Only a few months late!mmeteesside