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- Tried loads, never worked?
- Pecking order is unfortunately, #1 Heathrow, everything else Gatwick, leftovers, overcapacity and the ones that can't afford the other two... Hello Stansted and Luton!!?
- Much less competition at NCL because there aren't hourly (or more) flights per day less than 90 minutes away.
Also nothing personal but I'm not fond of the, "they have this why don't we" logic of some places... Mainly in the south, but that might be regional bias.
- Pecking order is unfortunately, #1 Heathrow, everything else Gatwick, leftovers, overcapacity and the ones that can't afford the other two... Hello Stansted and Luton!!?
- Much less competition at NCL because there aren't hourly (or more) flights per day less than 90 minutes away.
Also nothing personal but I'm not fond of the, "they have this why don't we" logic of some places... Mainly in the south, but that might be regional bias.
UA - NCL-EWR
I'm sure that United will have done their sums, but my concern is that at a 5 x weekly frequency, whilst I feel sure there will be no problem filling the "cheep seats" with UK originating tourists, at the front end, where the money is made, it might be difficult to fill the business seats at such a frequency.
This, as much as anything else, is what has held BHX back - and I guess, killed off Bristol-EWR.
Someone mentioned cargo earlier - the answer to that is with the relatively small capacity on the 757 it won't make a massive impact on revenues, and anyway, probably UA have different profit centres for carho and passenger.
EK, of course, is a different matter with the very significant cargo capacity available on the 777.
This, as much as anything else, is what has held BHX back - and I guess, killed off Bristol-EWR.
Someone mentioned cargo earlier - the answer to that is with the relatively small capacity on the 757 it won't make a massive impact on revenues, and anyway, probably UA have different profit centres for carho and passenger.
EK, of course, is a different matter with the very significant cargo capacity available on the 777.
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"I guess I just spent a hellish night out eating and drinking with my wife......its hard but I guess someone has to do it!!! Get real people!"
I've been there a lot and have family & friends living/working in Dubai - but what is there?
A load of shopping malls, vast office blocks, luxury hotels and miles of developments and roads
The beach is dreadful, there is NO scenery near the city, no local culture, not much imported culture. It's full of russians & brits
Awful!
I'd much rather be in Oman or even Al Ain TBH
I've been there a lot and have family & friends living/working in Dubai - but what is there?
A load of shopping malls, vast office blocks, luxury hotels and miles of developments and roads
The beach is dreadful, there is NO scenery near the city, no local culture, not much imported culture. It's full of russians & brits
Awful!
I'd much rather be in Oman or even Al Ain TBH
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Everyone is different aren't they not? Some may like Dubai. Some may not. Just because someone isn't a fan doesn't mean everyone should follow suit. The world would be a boring place if we all liked the same things
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Off subject I know.....
HH - I have lived in DXB for six years now. Whilst I know people like different things but you can find culture and fantastic natural scenery very close by, mountains and desert. Dubai has a fantastic skyline that at sunset still gives me goose bumps after six years!
I have traveled all over the region but still like arriving back in DXB, so I could never say the place is hellish!
HH - I have lived in DXB for six years now. Whilst I know people like different things but you can find culture and fantastic natural scenery very close by, mountains and desert. Dubai has a fantastic skyline that at sunset still gives me goose bumps after six years!
I have traveled all over the region but still like arriving back in DXB, so I could never say the place is hellish!
United -
On the contrary, I've seen nothing to say it is anything but a seasonal service running from 23/05/2015 until 07/09/2015 only - where's the idea of a year round service come from?
Flybe - Overlooked in all the excitement is this comment in the Journal
One report says the USA flight is seasonal so do we presume it finishes in September 2015? Not an all year round schedule flight.
Flybe - Overlooked in all the excitement is this comment in the Journal
Flybe’s chief commercial officer Paul Simmons said: “We’ve been treated very well by the region and the airport. When you undertake a major cost cutting exercise as we did, sometimes things can get caught up in that - and the Newcastle to Exeter route was probably an example of that. The team at Newcastle Airport have been extremely helpful and while nothing is yet confirmed, we are currently looking at the potential for other routes in the future.”
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It is here next year only at the moment , i doubt United have came for a year only unless the route is a total flop
Edit : Thought i would throw it out there for the non local radio listeners , BA's new advert on Metro Radio this morning made me smile , when they were touting business for you guessed it , New york ! They left out the via LHR bit until last min though , Not like we have a direct link there soon or anything BA lol
Edit : Thought i would throw it out there for the non local radio listeners , BA's new advert on Metro Radio this morning made me smile , when they were touting business for you guessed it , New york ! They left out the via LHR bit until last min though , Not like we have a direct link there soon or anything BA lol
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How come newcastle and other small airports have flights to the usa, but stansted havent?
Edit : Thought i would throw it out there for the non local radio listeners , BA's new advert on Metro Radio this morning made me smile , when they were touting business for you guessed it , New york ! They left out the via LHR bit until last min though , Not like we have a direct link there soon or anything BA lol
UA does this from NCL, so does BA. So it is hardly a surprising that BA would not do NCL-EWR direct, and no one on this forum should expect it to.
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Hoping to see some United adverts springing up soon, although I'm surprised at the amount of people who know! Family friend who is over this week lives in New York but has a child in Gateshead so he comes over 5+ times a year, going to see him later this week so if he doesn't already know he'll be chuffed! He's tried pretty much every transatlantic offering you could think of but also has a lot of loyalty points on BA but he said he'd throw it all in for a direct flight.