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Has anyone any idea if the long awaited Viewing Point is going to happen?
It seems to be quite sometime since this was discussed between the Airport Police and Enthusiasts but no concrete news since!
It seems to be quite sometime since this was discussed between the Airport Police and Enthusiasts but no concrete news since!
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Made a return trip on the Emirates last week. Older aircraft on the way out with old style business seats and cabin interior but newer aircraft on the way back. I Reckon 85% full on way out and full to capacity on way back.
Baggage carousel clearly could not cope with a fully laden 777. Took an hour to get bags off with many bags jamming on the conveyor ramp up to the baggage belt.
I reckon many pax must have kicked off at drop off point as we only had to pay £1 to exit despite being there for over an hour. Rightly so!
Baggage carousel clearly could not cope with a fully laden 777. Took an hour to get bags off with many bags jamming on the conveyor ramp up to the baggage belt.
I reckon many pax must have kicked off at drop off point as we only had to pay £1 to exit despite being there for over an hour. Rightly so!
passport control
i to came back from a quick dubai trip...passport control took i guess 20 mins less at newcastle than dubai.trip(bus) from aircraft to taxi just over 1hour .25 mins at dubai..approx 30 mins at newcastle. 42c waiting for sweaty taxi for 10 mins at dubai..less than 1 min at newcastle .bags on corousel on passing though immig. at newcastle 5 min walk at dubai and 5 min wait for bags.
so i guess you pays your money..you takes your chance..methinks EK should move their hub to newcastle based on that!!!
stop whingeing and enjoy..you could be like us at DTV and still loose your bags even from aberdeen!!
so i guess you pays your money..you takes your chance..methinks EK should move their hub to newcastle based on that!!!
stop whingeing and enjoy..you could be like us at DTV and still loose your bags even from aberdeen!!
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Reason the bag reclaim belt is jammed up at the moment is because the inbound EK is full of Non EU students, often 250+ a flight at the moment takes longer to get them through border control! Should be back to normal soon! It's no the airports fault that the Emirates often lands amongst returning charter flights! Just the way it is!!
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Perhaps I am the only one, however I always have a good experience at NCL. Yes it can be busy at times in the search area on departure and at the immigration on arrival but I cant remember having to wait too long at either.
In general the staff especially in departures are pleasant and helpfull.
In comparison with many other airports throughout the world NCL is very good.
Try getting into many USA airports as quickly. Was at LAX last week, it took about 30 mins to get through passport control then another 30mins or so to get through customs after the bags arrived, and thats one of the better airports.
Nowhere is perfect of course. You dont realise what a good little airport you have.
("it can barley cope with a 50 seat Canadair"). Absolute rubbish!
In general the staff especially in departures are pleasant and helpfull.
In comparison with many other airports throughout the world NCL is very good.
Try getting into many USA airports as quickly. Was at LAX last week, it took about 30 mins to get through passport control then another 30mins or so to get through customs after the bags arrived, and thats one of the better airports.
Nowhere is perfect of course. You dont realise what a good little airport you have.
("it can barley cope with a 50 seat Canadair"). Absolute rubbish!
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Very good to hear that the loads seem to be justifying the switch to the 777-300. It will be interesting to see the Sept. traffic figures. Is the freight increasing too?
Nobody want to speculate what the BMI Regional route announcement due in November might be?
Nobody want to speculate what the BMI Regional route announcement due in November might be?
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("it can barley cope with a 50 seat Canadair"). Absolute rubbish!
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Probably right, better make that a Cessna!
Anyone else noticed security's complete inability to detect fluids in hand luggage?
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Probably right, better make that a Cessna!
Anyone else noticed security's complete inability to detect fluids in hand luggage?
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Bear in mind that EK have increased capacity by between 30% and 60% depending on the 777 layouts that they use- that increase in loads could have been comfortably been carried in the A330s that previously operated (I reckon it equates 75%/76% seat load factor based on the 278 seat version of the A330).
Has there been any general discounting of EK fares from Newcastle since the arrival of the 777s? This route was hardly in need of increase in capacity unlike a lot of the other regional UK routes, so I imagine the greatest driver would be cargo carrying capability.
Has there been any general discounting of EK fares from Newcastle since the arrival of the 777s? This route was hardly in need of increase in capacity unlike a lot of the other regional UK routes, so I imagine the greatest driver would be cargo carrying capability.
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Originally Posted by fldutchman
Perhaps I am the only one, however I always have a good experience at NCL. Yes it can be busy at times in the search area on departure and at the immigration on arrival but I cant remember having to wait too long at either.
In general the staff especially in departures are pleasant and helpfull.
In comparison with many other airports throughout the world NCL is very good.
Try getting into many USA airports as quickly. get through passport control then another 30mins or so to get through customs after the bags arrived, and thats one of the better airports.
In general the staff especially in departures are pleasant and helpfull.
In comparison with many other airports throughout the world NCL is very good.
Try getting into many USA airports as quickly. get through passport control then another 30mins or so to get through customs after the bags arrived, and thats one of the better airports.
I don't have a huge issue departure-wise. Most of the hold ups are caused by the bucket and spade travellers wearing 34 different belts and carrying assorted liquids etc
I've yet to have a good arrival experience, although the Border Force Frustrated CIA Officers have improved, even occasionally raising a small smile along with lowered waitng times, the baggage process is atrocious.
I've accounted my experience a few times on the thread but if more than 1 aircraft arrives its absolute chaos, of course I don't expect charter flights to be unloaded and bags within 10 minutes but its regular 1 hour waits with different carousels in use each time.
Even domestic arrivals are useless, it's almost forgotten at times.
I've relayed concerns to the airport each time and even had an apologetic phone call and vouchers, but what I want, is consistency. If fldutchman can have a great arrivals experience, why can't/shouldn't everyone.
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Yup FL Dutchman, I totally agree. I always have effortless transits through Newcastle Airport, and cannot understand some of these other situations of poor service. I too think they may be jinxed, but aside from that it must happen as no where is perfect, but not all the time.
Most of my trips this year have been to the likes of DUS with LH, Paris with AF etc etc, so easy check ins, quick baggage reclaim, and I am impressed with both the new search area and the enlarged border control. I even came back from Cyrpus on a Thomson charter and was expecting a long wait for bags etc etc, purely through comments on this forum!! It couldnt have been further from the truth!! All pax deplaned promptly, ease of movement through border control, and very little wait for bags. Everyone was through and landside within 35 mins which is pretty damn good, and we werent the only arrival. Im off on the EK 777 in November so I will be interested to see how Newcastle performs, but really I am fairly confident. If there are issues then hey-ho, I will note them and give feedback, but goodness me, you want to see the shambles of other much bigger facilities around the world. Paris CDG immigration has not been good this year and Montreal Trudeau?? Well, you might aswell take a book to read for Passport Control here. I for one like what we have at Newcastle.
Most of my trips this year have been to the likes of DUS with LH, Paris with AF etc etc, so easy check ins, quick baggage reclaim, and I am impressed with both the new search area and the enlarged border control. I even came back from Cyrpus on a Thomson charter and was expecting a long wait for bags etc etc, purely through comments on this forum!! It couldnt have been further from the truth!! All pax deplaned promptly, ease of movement through border control, and very little wait for bags. Everyone was through and landside within 35 mins which is pretty damn good, and we werent the only arrival. Im off on the EK 777 in November so I will be interested to see how Newcastle performs, but really I am fairly confident. If there are issues then hey-ho, I will note them and give feedback, but goodness me, you want to see the shambles of other much bigger facilities around the world. Paris CDG immigration has not been good this year and Montreal Trudeau?? Well, you might aswell take a book to read for Passport Control here. I for one like what we have at Newcastle.
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Arriving back to NCL on Friday myself I must say that despite the fact it was 5:30am the entire time there was a hold up in passport control having only 2 people on the desks for a flight from the US and then baggage taking 35 minutes (excluding the time it took for the belt to start) it wasn't as efficient as i've experienced in the past where i've got of an aircraft to find all the bags going round the belt and out the airport in 20 minutes of landing ...
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The good thing about the EK flight, if they still do it this way, is that they check your passport and boarding card at the entrance to the gate lounge so that when the flight is called everyone just has to walk on. It must help get the flight away on time and should be adopted at the other gates.