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Although other routes are available for winter booking on the Aer Arran search engine, there is nothing for Newcastle - Galway. I hope this is not another lost route and operator.
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Do increasing fuel costs mean that planes are flying with almost no spare capacity? My jinx seemed to hit again last week when I was on the only plane to Bristol to get diverted(to Cardiff). Looking at the arrivals board at BRS every plane before and after landed without a problem and it was as if ours couldn't even hang about for 5 mins to see what would happen. Several pax lost onward connections( and how come it took 1.5hrs from decision time to get a couple of coaches to Cardiff Airport when they came from Cardiff???)
And what do people do in Bristol when they get there? Apparently there are 3 packed planes NCL to BRS a day. It must be a nightmare trying to decide on profitable routes, I would never have guessed that one.
As for NCL, the security queue was its usual disgrace, almost back to Berwick, and we could do with more modern xray machines like BRS,to avoid having to take laptops out of cases.
On the plus side it was good to see no queue at passport control on the way home(from Rome!) and 4 people manning the desks.
And what do people do in Bristol when they get there? Apparently there are 3 packed planes NCL to BRS a day. It must be a nightmare trying to decide on profitable routes, I would never have guessed that one.
As for NCL, the security queue was its usual disgrace, almost back to Berwick, and we could do with more modern xray machines like BRS,to avoid having to take laptops out of cases.
On the plus side it was good to see no queue at passport control on the way home(from Rome!) and 4 people manning the desks.
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On the plus side it was good to see no queue at passport control on the way home(from Rome!) and 4 people manning the desks.
The new 5 min drop off rule hasn't appeared to be all that sucessful having just wathced BBC North East
.Ash - your definately not the luckiest of travellers are you!! Please tell me your not on my TFS on Fri 13th, I went tech enough there last year!!
Skyman - Afraid your right at the moment. Good news for LS is that fuel was purchased at an agreed price last year on a deal that lasts til next year (current Aviation Price per Tonne is £1,292!). Two 757's are going ahead with Winglets - so one for the spotters!
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Is the RE GWY service not proving popular - anyone know the loads so far? Maybe a reduction in frequency would work over the winter months?
As Jet2 have pre agreed prices on fuel, I think they should be ok during the winter (atleast everyone hopes so), think they may continue to diversify and not just rely on lowcost european services. Certainly their TFS run from NCL always seems very well utilised, even in winter. NCL cannot afford to continue loosing routes and capacity. It is not a good image for development to appear to be moving backwards, not forwards - not that I am saying we are at that point at present.
As Jet2 have pre agreed prices on fuel, I think they should be ok during the winter (atleast everyone hopes so), think they may continue to diversify and not just rely on lowcost european services. Certainly their TFS run from NCL always seems very well utilised, even in winter. NCL cannot afford to continue loosing routes and capacity. It is not a good image for development to appear to be moving backwards, not forwards - not that I am saying we are at that point at present.
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And what do people do in Bristol when they get there?
The NCL-BRS route is by a considerable margin the most popular air route between two English provincial cities in terms of numbers of passengers flown.
It has been since 2004 with around a quarter of a million travelling annually in each of 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
All this despite a rail frequency of two direct departures an hour in both directions for much of the day, something that has also obtained for a number of years.
However, 2008 is not looking so good. In the first four months of the year passenger numbers are down by around 15,000 compared to the same period in 2007.
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easyJet NCL-BRS
In winter 06/07 and summer 07 easyJet did indeed schedule 4 x daily on weekdays for the only period thus far in the operation of the route.
It was not a success in passenger number terms and returned to the 'traditional' 3 x daily on weekdays after summer 07.
In fact 2007 (with the extra weekday rotation for ten months of that year) saw 246,764 passengers compared with 246,253 in 2006 (which only had the extra weekday rotation for the last two months of that year), so the Jan-April 2008 comparison is valid in terms of like-with-like because it is still down over 14,000 on the same period in 2006.
I shall be very interested to learn the full year total at the end of 2008.
It was not a success in passenger number terms and returned to the 'traditional' 3 x daily on weekdays after summer 07.
In fact 2007 (with the extra weekday rotation for ten months of that year) saw 246,764 passengers compared with 246,253 in 2006 (which only had the extra weekday rotation for the last two months of that year), so the Jan-April 2008 comparison is valid in terms of like-with-like because it is still down over 14,000 on the same period in 2006.
I shall be very interested to learn the full year total at the end of 2008.
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Another gripe for me is that when there are so many early flights 6am to 7.30am, the Metro can't get me there before 6.30am. If only they could put on even 1 train an hour from,say 4am.
Even on the arrivals side, the last train away has gone by 11.12pm
Even on the arrivals side, the last train away has gone by 11.12pm
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If its the same as London Underground....it will be the drivers Union not wanting to work more hours.
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recent figures for Galway are Jan.. 411 Feb.. 635 Mar.. 806 Apr.. 882 best figure was Nov 2007.. 1177 and they have reduced frequency from 4 wkly to 3 wkly
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recent figures for Galway are Jan.. 411 Feb.. 635 Mar.. 806 Apr.. 882 best figure was Nov 2007.. 1177 and they have reduced frequency from 4 wkly to 3 wkly
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As I recollect from previous postings you are, if true, indeed a very unlucky chap indeed. Again I read your comments as totally out of context with reality of normal operations at NCL. I too use NCL frequently & as it happens I was on the BRS last Friday(07.10) back Sunday, both flights 90% plus full, no queues either end & no delays with baggage oubound to time daly at BRS on return of 45 mins. Really nothing to moan about, an excellent efficient service & a credit to Loco's & indeed NCL
As for other comments relating to pax no.'s I would suspect that demand on all routes is falling, and that Loco's in particular are still buying pax by offering unrealistic prices. As an example you could fly last week to BRS & back for £39.98 all in ! making rail a no brainer. Finally there seems a suggestion that the BRS is patronised entirely by pax travelling to Bristol when indeed by it's location 8 miles to the south one can within an hour reach most of Somerset & some of Devon ! A more pertinent question for me would be to question the viability of a service to EXT?
As I recollect from previous postings you are, if true, indeed a very unlucky chap indeed. Again I read your comments as totally out of context with reality of normal operations at NCL. I too use NCL frequently & as it happens I was on the BRS last Friday(07.10) back Sunday, both flights 90% plus full, no queues either end & no delays with baggage oubound to time daly at BRS on return of 45 mins. Really nothing to moan about, an excellent efficient service & a credit to Loco's & indeed NCL
As for other comments relating to pax no.'s I would suspect that demand on all routes is falling, and that Loco's in particular are still buying pax by offering unrealistic prices. As an example you could fly last week to BRS & back for £39.98 all in ! making rail a no brainer. Finally there seems a suggestion that the BRS is patronised entirely by pax travelling to Bristol when indeed by it's location 8 miles to the south one can within an hour reach most of Somerset & some of Devon ! A more pertinent question for me would be to question the viability of a service to EXT?
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Sorry if this has already been said by I don't think it has.
Does anybody on Tyneside know that S4 (SATA) are to operate flights from NCL this winter?
Flight to FNC with UK origin from 03/11/08 until 20/04/09 taking over from XL.
NCL-FNC 06:45 departure
FNC-NCL 15:45 arrival
I don't know if this means anything to anybody - it maybe worthless but not often we see S4 outside of LON or MAN!
Does anybody on Tyneside know that S4 (SATA) are to operate flights from NCL this winter?
Flight to FNC with UK origin from 03/11/08 until 20/04/09 taking over from XL.
NCL-FNC 06:45 departure
FNC-NCL 15:45 arrival
I don't know if this means anything to anybody - it maybe worthless but not often we see S4 outside of LON or MAN!
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Skyman, what the hell do you mean, "if true"?? Are you saying I'm making it all/some up??
Cheeky %&$%*
I was on last Thursday's 7.05am to BRS and I'm sure the details can be checked and will be found to be as accurate as all my other postings.
Cheeky %&$%*
I was on last Thursday's 7.05am to BRS and I'm sure the details can be checked and will be found to be as accurate as all my other postings.
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FNC is not a new winter destination from NCL, it was only last winter that the destination was not served, due capacity cuts from charter operators. It had been a feature of the destination list for a good few winters prior. SATA have also operated for a number of years from NCL, mostly during the winter, but a few years back did operate a summer service. Aircraft was initially 734, now usually A32x. With times like those I suspect it is a UK operator flying the flight as normally, a foreign based carrier would operate inbound before outbound, however ferry/posn flights are always possible.
Hope this helps?!
Hope this helps?!
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FNC Winter 08/09 cant find these flights on sale only up until 19th oct
what source did this information come from about S4 flights this winter
Ive checked both thomson and thomas cook websites
what source did this information come from about S4 flights this winter
Ive checked both thomson and thomas cook websites
