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The usual standard of accurate press reporting - '150-seat Airbus A320 replacing the existing 124-seat A319' - only 30 odd seats out. If EasyJet had any sense it would give up joining Ryainair in the gutter of dishonest pricing and use the A320 on routes where there would be a good demand from Newcastle like Cyprus and the Canaries. Often the charter and Jet2 prices are high.
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Excellent news!! I wonder if new routes will come or just increased capacity on the same number of flights. Will it be based or just a night stopper from another base?
From the NIA website:
Good day for Newcastle!
easyJet has today announced it will increase capacity on eight of its routes from the North East’s airport with the arrival of a new aircraft.
The £20m Airbus A320 will arrive at the airport later this year meaning easyJet is able to provide seats for 13,000 more North East passengers.
Hugh Aitken, easyJet’s commercial manager, confirmed: “Due to increased customer demand we are replacing an Airbus A319 with an A320 to provide additional seats to our loyal flyers. This move demonstrates that easyJet is committed to Newcastle Airport and continues to invest in this key base for the benefit of passengers in the region. We are determined to make travel even easier and more affordable for all, and a larger aircraft means we can make some of our most popular destinations even more accessible to people in the North East. Passengers flying from Newcastle will now find it even easier to jet off and soak up the sun and city culture with additional flights to favourites such as Malta, Majorca, Paris and Bristol.”
Additional capacity will be available on easyJet’s most popular routes:
Malta, Majorca, Paris, Bristol, Alicante, Malaga, Barcelona and Belfast.
The £20m Airbus A320 will arrive at the airport later this year meaning easyJet is able to provide seats for 13,000 more North East passengers.
Hugh Aitken, easyJet’s commercial manager, confirmed: “Due to increased customer demand we are replacing an Airbus A319 with an A320 to provide additional seats to our loyal flyers. This move demonstrates that easyJet is committed to Newcastle Airport and continues to invest in this key base for the benefit of passengers in the region. We are determined to make travel even easier and more affordable for all, and a larger aircraft means we can make some of our most popular destinations even more accessible to people in the North East. Passengers flying from Newcastle will now find it even easier to jet off and soak up the sun and city culture with additional flights to favourites such as Malta, Majorca, Paris and Bristol.”
Additional capacity will be available on easyJet’s most popular routes:
Malta, Majorca, Paris, Bristol, Alicante, Malaga, Barcelona and Belfast.
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Easyjet And Flybe
Good To Hear That Easyjet Basing A A320 Up Here, Does Anyone Know When It Will Arrive? Also Will The FlyBe Routes Be Operated By A Dash-8? Just Need Emirates To Say The 777's Will Be In Use From 2012 For Even Better News !!!
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CabinCrewe - maths is clearly not your strong subject is it? You cannot add together three months declines and then claim it is an 8% drop when it is not.
Want to bet now on whether January will be up or down? I'll go for it being up.
Anyway, in airlines, it's not just about passenger numbers as they need to be multiplied by route yield to arrive at route revenue and then account taken of network contribution plus, of course, freight's similar contribution to compare against operating costs and overheads. If costs have not changed and you achieve a five percent yield improvement with volume down two percent that is a year on year improvement as far as the airline is concerned.
Want to bet now on whether January will be up or down? I'll go for it being up.Anyway, in airlines, it's not just about passenger numbers as they need to be multiplied by route yield to arrive at route revenue and then account taken of network contribution plus, of course, freight's similar contribution to compare against operating costs and overheads. If costs have not changed and you achieve a five percent yield improvement with volume down two percent that is a year on year improvement as far as the airline is concerned.
EasyJet announcement
Some subtle differences in the statement on the NIA website:
And that on EasyJets website
Hugh Aitken, easyJet’s commercial manager, confirmed: “Due to increased customer demand we are replacing an Airbus A319 with an A320 to provide additional seats to our loyal flyers. This move demonstrates that easyJet is committed to Newcastle Airport and continues to invest in this key base for the benefit of passengers in the region. We are determined to make travel even easier and more affordable for all, and a larger aircraft means we can make some of our most popular destinations even more accessible to people in the North East. Passengers flying from Newcastle will now find it even easier to jet off and soak up the sun and city culture with additional flights to favourites such as Malta, Majorca, Paris and Bristol.”
And that on EasyJets website
Hugh Aitken, easyJet's commercial manager confirmed: "Due to increased customer demand we are replacing an Airbus A319 with an Airbus A320 to provide additional seats to our loyal flyers. This move demonstrates that easyJet is committed to further growth at Newcastle Airport. Passengers flying from Newcastle will now find it even easier to jet off and soak up the sun and city culture with additional flights to favourites such as Malta, Majorca, Paris and Bristol on offer."
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Flybe confirmed:
UK low-fare carrier Flybe has revealed an additional six routes that it will launch this summer from the UK, comprising a mix of domestic and international services. It may be less than ten weeks until the 2012 summer schedules are introduced at the end of March, reducing the time for forward bookings, but Flybe has pressed ahead with its plans to further extend its network and adding an additional 34 weekly flights.
There will be two additional routes from Newcastle International in North East England, a weekly domestic link to Newquay from May 5, 2012 and the resumption of a key link to Bergen in Norway on a three times weekly basis from March 25, 2012. Norway’s second largest city is twinned with Newcastle and the two have a close and active bond. The King of Norway, Olav V, opened Newcastle's Civic Centre in 1968 and each December the City is presented with a Christmas tree by the City of Bergen. The route was previously operated by Eastern Airways.
UK low-fare carrier Flybe has revealed an additional six routes that it will launch this summer from the UK, comprising a mix of domestic and international services. It may be less than ten weeks until the 2012 summer schedules are introduced at the end of March, reducing the time for forward bookings, but Flybe has pressed ahead with its plans to further extend its network and adding an additional 34 weekly flights.
There will be two additional routes from Newcastle International in North East England, a weekly domestic link to Newquay from May 5, 2012 and the resumption of a key link to Bergen in Norway on a three times weekly basis from March 25, 2012. Norway’s second largest city is twinned with Newcastle and the two have a close and active bond. The King of Norway, Olav V, opened Newcastle's Civic Centre in 1968 and each December the City is presented with a Christmas tree by the City of Bergen. The route was previously operated by Eastern Airways.
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Bergen Oslo & Stavanger!!
Remember BRAATHENS S.A.F.E. (Now SAS Norway) used to operate Boeing 737-500 a/c to Oslo, Stavanger & Bergen. Lots of Norwegians visiting the area as well as outbound from Ncl. - Eastern's fares were too high to Bergen. Maybe Flybe can link into their sister companies network in Scandinavia & use Newcastle as their UK Hub for Northern routes. ?!
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I seem to remember that Jet 2 were once on the Bergen route as were Wideroe.
I hope Flybe can make it work and maybe get links to Oslo and Copenhagen re-started. With the absence of a sea ferry link, reasonably priced fares for business and leisure travellers should give it a better chance than previously.
(unless of course a new ferry operator has appeared since I last checked it out)
I hope Flybe can make it work and maybe get links to Oslo and Copenhagen re-started. With the absence of a sea ferry link, reasonably priced fares for business and leisure travellers should give it a better chance than previously.
(unless of course a new ferry operator has appeared since I last checked it out)