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[Mnj1]

Can anyone tell me roughly how many pax have traveled on EK since the route began?

[VickersVicount]

look up caa stats and count them

[Charlie98]

I tried to mock book a flight to DXB for Monday returning on Saturday, then I tried Sunday. On EK035 there were no economy seats available on the Saturday or the Sunday

[skyman771]

Charlie98

On EK035 there were no economy seats available on the Saturday or the Sunday

Not surprising it's the end of the Easter break
On most other days you will find a seat one way or another at a price, as such unsure as to what your point is !

[alex207]

Newcastle new routes to France

There is a big market Newcastle are missing out on with places in Brittany,Dordogne etc. Jet2 operate to places like Bergerac, La Rochelle and Toulouse. Was the PAX to low on the jet2 seasonal summer service to Toulouse last year? And with many Ex-pats in the Brittany and Dordogne areas that's why Toulouse didn't bring up the goods being located to far away. Maybe flybe to introduce a route Rennes or even the long shots of Nantes with easyjet or flybe on low frequencies in the summer would be a success for NCL as many people also holiday in these areas. And the Nice route seems to be doing well!

[Charlie98]

I'm suggesting that the route has done very well over the holidays and that is isn't all doom and gloom, loads can only get better!

[jensdad]

Flybe tried a weekly seasonal flight to Rennes a couple of years ago, but it was discontinued. BE make those routes work from SOU, BHX etc but I'm not sure there are too many second-home-owners in the North East .

[alex207]

Its all about Spain, Spanish islands and greek,turkish areas from NCL looks like leeds are offering more french and italian routes so NCL will lose more market again. Why cant Newcastle be more adventurous?

[GAXLN]

Alex207, What do you mean by why can't Newcastle be more adventurous? Why don't you just put your entire wishlist of destinations in the public domain?

[vectisman]

In these difficult times airlines will only open new routes that have a good chance of success. Success means high yield as well as decent passenger numbers. Generally I believe the offerings from Newcastle are holding up rather well considering the economic situation and lack of disposable cash in the area. We can all come up with a wish list of destinations, but unless there is a chance of adequate financial return the list will remain just that, a wish.

V.

[GAXLN]

Vectisman, totally agree with you. Just thought it might be interesting to see what an expert in the field would suggest as "capable of working" from Newcastle. Fact routes are offered from other airports currently doesn't mean they are viable from there and will last long term as you say yield and volume vs total costs are the important determinants. The Birmingham Airport boss is right - too many airports in the UK chasing too few passengers. The strong will survive and the weak will get weaker. Newcastle is a fundamentally strong airport.

[alex207]

Looks like ill either have to go to manchester or get the ferry to Brittany

[GAXLN]

Or why not do something you may not have considered such as book a through ticket on flybe.com and fly from Newcastle to Rennes or La Rochelle or Brest via Southampton? That's got to be a lot better than the ferry or the journey to Manchester hasn't it? Then you can support your local airport and help them over time secure new routes.

[JKKne]

Surely the problem isn't the airports' lack of ambition but that a predominantly working class area such as the North East is quite happy with it's current bucket and spade destinations and traditional city breaks?

[HH6702]

EK -JFK?

Emirates is to start DXB-MXP-JFK

Wonder if NCL could get EK to do this too?



As for my previous posts with regards to class I had never looked into price etc.
I thought that after economy it would be first class then business but now I know it's the other way around.


Also we must be in for some good news soon and some new routes as its been a while

[pwalhx]

EK-JFK?

Manchester was in line for this flight but evidently Milan got the nod because of APD. One would imagine APD would be the killer in the case of NCL as well unfortunately.

Even though Mr. Osborne's constituency borders on MAN and many of his voters probably work there he seems rather disinclined to help the aviation industry.

[VickersVicount]

"Wonder if NCL could get EK to do this too?"
I wouldn't have thought so. What would be suggested - freedom rights on all legs ? bolster to the variable loads ? nope sorry, Im not seeing it, NCL would need to really pull something out the bag to get EK vaguely interested in that. They'd be better revisiting AA JFK.

[vectisman]

Alex207, maybe time for your dad to move on from previous experiences. Flybe is no better nor no worse than others in regards to delays. It continues to serve several destinations from Newcastle even in these difficult times. A sensible suggestion was made regarding a possible route to France. Your reply just seems to provide another excuse for not doing so. The fact that you may want to fly to a particular part of France doesn't necessarily that others wish to in sufficient numbers to make a direct route viable.

JKKne, I am sure the people of the North East have aspirations to travel worldwide as great as any other part of the country. Unfortunately many of them do not have the resources to do so at the moment owing to the greed of certain other sectors of our society. (Even though some will continue to argue 'We are all in this together'!)

V.

[Skipness One Echo]

They'd be better revisiting AA JFK.

They're withdrawing the B757s over the next few years and I doubt the route would take a B763 somehow.

[skyman771]

I see we have again re-entered into the "N" word discussion yet again. Totally pointless & waste of time, if historically unlikely, then now impossible. Reasons should be bl***y obvious!, that is unless you have been asleep for the past 5 years !