NORWICH

[NickBarnes]

hopefully they will the following year, Norwich has seen steady growth for them which probably surprises people with the £10 charge etc but this year flights had great loads and were almost full most times, Tenerife continues to perform well winter and summer, and they now have Palma 3x a week for next year, so depending on aircraft availability and how having a based aircraft at the airport works next year hopefully the airport will get a TOM based aircraft and crew in 2015

[LGS6753]

I wonder if by 2015 Thomson could base one of their own planes at Norwich??

depending on aircraft availability and how having a based aircraft at the airport works next year hopefully the airport will get a TOM based aircraft and crew in 2015

Wake up and smell the coffee!

Why would TOM invest money in establishing a base at an airport with a small catchment area when they can easily sub-charter from elsewhere? It's far more likely that TOM will reduce their smaller bases than add more fragmentation to their business model. They are in a competitive, and some may say declining market that just doesn't need more overheads.

[bad bear]

Only 2 fixed wing flights today?

Is there something wrong with the departures board ? It only shows 2 fixed wing flights today? Looks like the last fixed wing departure was 0945 and the next arrival is 2100.

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[Dontgothere]

I think the online departure boards have gone faulty (again). On a winter Saturday there should normally be 3x Amsterdam and 1x Aberdeen.

[airhumberside]

Or holiday season schedule cutbacks?

[Cusco]

I 've done NWI - MAN return with fly be once or twice a month for the last three years for work and think its a great route: the flights are 80-100% full.
They dropped down from the Dash 8 to the Suckling Dornier 328 about 18 months ago It's a great little a/c and I've landed in 30kts gusting40 right across the chute in a mean wing down landing.

Almost on first name terms with hosties(hi Emma) hope she won't be one of the 500 redundancies.

Norwich is struggling however but they are trying: Vodafone reception is now better and free wifi in departure lounge. The food is rubbish however very little uptake so by late pm when I fly the hot stuff has been cremated.

I live in Suffolk and fly be beats rail travel or driving hands down with less than half the travel time.

Norwich have sadly priced themselves out go the GA market and the imposition of class D on slender grounds was the last straw for many.

Re departures board: not all CAT is registered for example BMI flew the Fulham footie team in yesterday for today's Norwich game and no one (not even info desk) knew about it.

I fly a light aeroplane in E Anglia and I
no longer go near Norwich, preferring Cambridge which is cheaper for practice instrument stuff.

[Herschel Krustofski]

hope she won't be one of the 500 redundancies

Don't forget that the Dornier, crew and route is Loganair's (Nee Suckling Airways), so is outside of FlyBe's structure. And there is another Loganair Dornier route to look forward to soon!

[mikkie4]

CUSCO

Fulham football club must have money to burn......cant be more than 2/12 hours by coach

[compton3bravo]

Practically all Premier Leauge clubs prefer to fly - Man U being an exception for obvious reasons - private flight, security, convenience, etc. You only have to look at the fixtures and then tie that up with the airports close by. Arsenal flew from Luton to Norwich last season - flying time 13 minutes I think. Also some lower league clubs - QPR, Blackpool, Preston - also fly occassionally as do some ruby union clubs - i.e. Exeter, Saracens.
Before the environmentalists have a go how about this one - bought some frozen Raspberries in Morrisons in Gibraltar over Christmas- packed in Serbia! looks like they travelled half way round Europe.

[Fairdealfrank]

Re departures board: not all CAT is registered for example BMI flew the Fulham footie team in yesterday for today's Norwich game and no one (not even info desk) knew about it.

A LHR-NWI flight? Must be a first, and probably a last....

[SWBKCB]

Air Anglia used to operate (Navajo's?) and then I think Air UK used Banderainte's?

[Phileas Fogg]

Air Anglia used to operate (Navajo's?) and then I think Air UK used Banderainte's?

And then Air UK operated Shed 360's HUY/NWI/LHR/NWI/HUY

P.S. Yes, it was Air Anglia PA31's, we looked after them from Eastern Radar at Watton.

[NickBarnes]

Holidaymakers boost Norwich airport traffic - Business - Norwich Evening News

Good news Norwich has seen an increase in Passengers after many years of decline

Just up to November passengers were up to 462,248 (does not include December) - compared to 396,676 for the whole of 2012.

So will probably mean once December comes in an additional 90k-100k passengers on last year.

Alltough compared to most airports in the UK this isn't really that amazing, but after seeing year after year since 2007, flight cuts and route reductions along with passenger numbers dropping from the dizzy heights of 745,000 in 2006 this is really good to see at last

[bad bear]

Norwich really is a sleepy airport

The departure board can't be broken 2 weeks in a row. To me it appears that there are only the 3 KLM rotations a day on Saturday and the same Sunday until 4pm when there are 4 other flights. In terms of day time flights when there could be perceived to be some risk from conflict with other airspace users Norwich have only 2 or 3 rotations in the whole weekend. I can't see why so much airspace is needed.


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[cavortingcheetah]

Norwich airport charges departing passengers a fee of £10 an adult to pass through their miserable little facility. Last year 462,248 passengers, the greater proportion of whom might presumably be grown ups, passed through the airport. That must represent a significant income for someone? Yet another year now goes by and the abysmal passenger facilities at EGSH continue to disgust. The combination of Nissan hut style ablutions, sludge serving self service cafeterias and what passes for an Executive Lounge serve only to remind one that this airport is a place that needs an excuse to be used as a travel jump off point. That justification is provided by KLM which runs its multiple shuttle services to EHAM, civilisation and onward connections.
The above paragraph will suffice for departing passengers. Those arriving at Norwich International receive similar treatment to John Le Carre's spy in the cold. The snaky line, the pill box passport control, redolent of something from a WWII black and white move. Then the baggage hall with its exquisite toilet facilities which serve only to remind one how fortunate was the purchase of a bottle of spray scent at duty free. Baggage trolleys that have humped better bags by far and a chicane to the arrival hall exit, worthy of a wobbly wheel children's television programme.
Norwich likes to boast that it is a fine city and that maybe so but as airports go Norwich airport should.

[Richard Taylor]

...but apart from that?

[LXGB]

[NickBarnes]

Thomson will be putting on one of their 757 for next winter to Tenerife instead of the current 737 used

[NickBarnes]

Thomson 2015 schedule see's a new route to Mahon 1x weekly plus Dalaman increasing to 2x weekly. Will also have based aircraft for summer 2015 like this year, believed to be Germania again

Times are as follows

Mon
Norwich - Dalaman
7:00 - 12:45
Dalaman - Norwich
13:50 - 15:50

Tue
Norwich - Palma
07:50 - 11:15
(performs w pattern to humberside airport)
Palma - Norwich
20:10 - 21:50

Plus
Malta - Norwich
17:10 - 19:30
Norwich - Malta
20:20 - 00:40

Wed
Norwich - Ibiza
06:50 - 10:30
Ibiza - Norwich
11:30 - 13:10
Norwich - Enfidha
14:40 - 17:40
Enfidha - Norwich
18:40 - 21:40

Thur
Norwich - Dalaman
08:00 - 13:45
Dalaman - Norwich
14:45 - 16:45

Fri
Norwich - Palma
06:00 - 09:25
Palma - Norwich
10:25 - 12:05
Norwich - Corfu
13:35 - 18:35
Corfu - Norwich
19:35 - 20:45

Sat
Norwich - Palma
06:20 - 09:45
Palma - Norwich
10:45 - 12:25
Norwich - Mahon
13:55 - 17:20
Mahon - Norwich
18:20 - 19:45

Sun
Norwich - Tenerife South
09:00 - 13:25
Tenerife South - Norwich
14:25 - 18:35

[NickBarnes]

Norwich airport sold to Rigby Group

Norwich today has been sold to the Rigby group.

Here's a link

Norwich airport sold by Omniport to regional airport owner Rigby Group - News - Norwich Evening News - Mobile