NEWCASTLE - 8

[10 DME ARC]

Nothing wrong with the B752! It must be the generation but I prefer single isle to wide bodies! I have flown in and worked with the Boeing 757 all my working life, I remember being on duty at London Centre for the first BA delivery of the B752 watching a VC8 catching it up approaching BNN!
It is a testament to its design that it is still flying transatlantic airliner ops 31 years after first entering airline ops!
Any way UAL are flying Y 31 inch SP, W 36 inch and F 76!! So no great hardship!!

[LiamNCL]

What is wrong with a United 757 ?

[VentureGo]

United also fly 757's on their Heathrow to Newark service on some flights:

United Airlines flights from Heathrow, London to Newark Liberty, New York. (2014-11-04 00:00:00)
Tonight's departure at 18.00 operated by 757
http://www.flightradar24.com/UAL115/4bc327c (Live at 18.40)

There's no problem with the 757 flying across the pond from Newcastle - Infact as already stated by some contributors, it could be an advantage in terms of easier and quicker loading and disembarking, Same quality on board service as larger aircraft, but probably quicker and more attentive service. More chance of window view (even from aisle seats)

Hope the service does well.

[SWBKCB]

While we are talking 757's, worth noting that with Jet2's switch to 738's, there are now none based at NCL for the first time in ???

[EK77WNCL]

I never got round to making this point actually, thanks to UA NCL will have a regular scheduled 757 service next year, something it almost didn't have thanks to Jet2. NCL has had a scheduled 757 service every year since 1983. As long as there have been 757's... They have been flying into NCL.

[malcolm380]

There is no problem flying UA 757s across the pond at all... or switching alliance from BA to UA. I did exactly that, thanks to the CO BRS-EWR service. I've been a CO/UA customer ever since. I spent all my BA miles and haven't flown BA since 2011. The 757s are perfectly suited to the TATL routes, and are not only very comfortable (in Y, or Y+, which is almost always available for $109 at on-line check-in), but have excellent AVOD. I had the misfortune to fly EWR-LHR-EWR in a UA 767 recently, not an experience I want to repeat... and UA has the added advantage of pre-booking your seat at the time of reservation. Enjoy this new service and use it as often as you can. Newcastle is actually my birthplace, and I will probably use this service myself... I'm delighted to see it launched and hope it matures into a year-round daily service.

[crewmeal]

I didn't hear anyone moan about Jet2 charter services to the big Apple. I'm sure the seat pitch and entertainment facilities fall short compared with UA. Come on guys stop bleating. Let them get on with it.

[ash666]

Of course, the whole experience depends on the airports as well.

So what on earth is NCL security up to now???? Not only do they want your belt off and laptop out of your hand luggage but also anything that could even be remotely described as electrical - phones, cameras, spare batteries etc etc but also even little thumb (flash) drives, SD cards and even the leads that can join 2 things together.
This is getting quite absurdly ridiculous especially as NCL seems to be the only airport which does this.

[SWBKCB]

Come on guys stop bleating. Let them get on with it.

Somebody made a comment (their first post) two pages back, and virtually every post since has been positive so not much bleating, but you're right time to move on!

[LiamNCL]

I didnt think Security was that bad when i flew in October ?

[ash666]

I asked when it started and he said a couple of years which is a nonsense. It wasn't like that In June, nor it seems, October.

[_ShIfTy_]

I guess it's in relation to a big mistake which recently happened.

[deltahotel9]

Security has been like that a while now, there is a post from me some way back in this thread about exactly that when I had an argument with a charming young lady who was barking instructions at us, probably around Sep/Oct last year I think. They still remain the only airport I travel through which insist on such draconian measures. With the paranoia of our American friends the security will get worse not better once a direct scheduled US flight starts.

[ash666]

God, can you imagine the US flights

But again, no consistency between staff.
I will be going from Bangkok up to Northern Thailand for the weekend and that airport doesn't even make you take your laptop out.

Come on Shifty, spill the beans.

[Jamesair]

ASH66 Removing your belt and laptop to be removed has been happening in the London airports for ages now, devices with flat batteries are now suspect as well, so remember to keep everything fully charged.

[ash666]

I'm ok with the laptop,even the belt, but you should have seen the tray of of other stuff the guy took out my bag as I was fully loaded for a long haul flight and AMS doesn't have the best record of managing hold luggage.
Apart from the phone business it was all so unnecessary.

[HH6702]

I flew from Manchester a few weeks ago and they were the same belts off and even made some take shoes off!!

I think it's every airport and the way the world is these days..

I'm sure you would rather be SAFE than sorry.


I'm agreeing with everyone else now can we move this on to something else.

Great news we now have New York and the 757 will work
Can we now all start about something else now

[LiamNCL]

Seen a advert for Iceland (The country not shop) on TV and got me thinking , has NCL ever had any sort of Iceland flight ?

[SWBKCB]

For a number of years in the mid90's Icelandair operated Christmas shopping flights (inbound!) but can't think of anything else.

[HH6702]

Iceland

Been thinking that myself.
I remember there being Xmas flights many years ago


However Iceland seems to be making a come back and over theast few years easyjet and other loco carriers have been adding flights to Iceland.


It would be nice to see this added back to ncl even a 2x weekly flight by jet2 would be nice


Let's make this the new wish list route !!! lol