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That's really good news, Iceland (and Morocco - I always associate those two together for some reason) are becoming really popular and I think TOM will be out best bet for an Iceland route now. I hold out no hope for Easyjet trying anything, unless it's more frequencies from LGW!!! 
My prediction would be in 2-3 years we'll have TOM to KEF and LS to RAK, then possibly TOM will retry AGA and I think we could see TOM/LS operating alongside each other on one or both of RAK/KEF once the first is established, ala FNC and Greek and Turkish routes where they operate alongside TOM/TCX.
It was only a matter of time before one of the major holiday companies gave Iceland a go.
Good news about Cork, hope the numbers improve. Shows that the 'Murican idea of more frequency + smaller aircraft = more passengers, doesn't always work, although I can't see why not.
My prediction would be in 2-3 years we'll have TOM to KEF and LS to RAK, then possibly TOM will retry AGA and I think we could see TOM/LS operating alongside each other on one or both of RAK/KEF once the first is established, ala FNC and Greek and Turkish routes where they operate alongside TOM/TCX.
It was only a matter of time before one of the major holiday companies gave Iceland a go.
Good news about Cork, hope the numbers improve. Shows that the 'Murican idea of more frequency + smaller aircraft = more passengers, doesn't always work, although I can't see why not.
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Not sure about Thomson aircraft.
The press release said flights will go on sale by Xmas
I'm guess it's there own aircraft as the flights are for 6 weeks
Mainly for people wanting to see the lights
Therefore I'm guessing it's there own aircraft.
The press release said flights will go on sale by Xmas
I'm guess it's there own aircraft as the flights are for 6 weeks
Mainly for people wanting to see the lights
Therefore I'm guessing it's there own aircraft.
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Iceland's a beautiful place: it and the Faroe Islands are the most beautiful places I've been to. However... can't really understand why anyone would prefer to go there in winter rather than summer. It's only light for about 3 or 4 hours in December - all that natural beauty and you can't see it 'cause it's dark! Northern Lights are stunning if you can see a good display, but they don't take bookings unfortunately 
Anyway, back to NCL matters...
Anyway, back to NCL matters...
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The surprises keep coming !!!!
Looks like we are at a good turning point with the new routes for next year and increases in flights
Never thought we would see STN again
Good luck to flybe and hopefully see more from them
Never thought we would see STN again
Good luck to flybe and hopefully see more from them
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It was a route that carried very good pax numbers in the past. This brings Flybe more or less back to the size of operation it had before the cutback.
Dep.. NCL... 0845.... Arr... Ncl....1145... M- F/Sa......30/3 - 3/9/15
Dep.. NCL... 1420.... arr... Ncl....1705... M - F/Su.....29/3 - 3/9/15
NB both flights originate at NCL
Dep.. NCL... 0845.... Arr... Ncl....1145... M- F/Sa......30/3 - 3/9/15
Dep.. NCL... 1420.... arr... Ncl....1705... M - F/Su.....29/3 - 3/9/15
NB both flights originate at NCL
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I have to admit, STN on Flybe is a bit out of leftfield! Let's hope they can make a go of it, and hopefully get 3 rotations a day.
I always thought LGW might do better than STN because its catchment area (South London & Sussex/ Surrey) benefits much more from plane vs train than STN's does. Doesn't seem that way though.
So we've now had BA, Jet2, Flybe and Easy to LGW. Go, Easy and now Flybe to STN. I can't remember if we had anything to Gatwick after BA pulled out of the route, or was there a gap before Jet2 came on?
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It'll be a pain getting to see my sister in Sussex now :-(
I always thought LGW might do better than STN because its catchment area (South London & Sussex/ Surrey) benefits much more from plane vs train than STN's does. Doesn't seem that way though.
So we've now had BA, Jet2, Flybe and Easy to LGW. Go, Easy and now Flybe to STN. I can't remember if we had anything to Gatwick after BA pulled out of the route, or was there a gap before Jet2 came on?
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It'll be a pain getting to see my sister in Sussex now :-(
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The worst bit for NCL is that BA, BE and EZY all do/did a decent trade to LGW and Go/EZY did well to STN. There should have been no reason for them to leave, apart from slightly more profitable utilisation of the aircraft elsewhere (EZY), LGW increasing fees (BE) and I don't know why BA left
Gill also operated STN. From the NIA press release, interesting that this isn't being pushed mainly as a London service:
Paul Simmons, Flybe’s Chief Commercial Officer, said: "We are pleased to launch three new routes to/ from London Stansted. Bolstering regional connectivity is our number one aim at Flybe ...welcoming passengers...who are seeking easy access to Hertfordshire, Essex and London."
Chris Sanders, Aviation Development Director at Newcastle International Airport, said: ...The importance of good regional connectivity for the North East cannot be understated. Flybe’s new service will lead to significantly easier and quicker journeys to the area around Stansted which includes parts of Norfolk and Hertfordshire as well as all of Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire. There is the added bonus that Stansted is well connected to Greater London by excellent rail and by coach links.
Chris Sanders, Aviation Development Director at Newcastle International Airport, said: ...The importance of good regional connectivity for the North East cannot be understated. Flybe’s new service will lead to significantly easier and quicker journeys to the area around Stansted which includes parts of Norfolk and Hertfordshire as well as all of Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire. There is the added bonus that Stansted is well connected to Greater London by excellent rail and by coach links.
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BA left as the B733s and B735s were withdrawn from what had been a CityFlyer Express operation on ATRs and RJ100s. They no longer flew an aircraft type best suited to the route.
Also the hub at LGW was closed so the route became wholly point to point after the first wave as all remaining long haul had departed, as you said, the remaining aircraft were deployed to routes elsewhere, where Avios holders could burn miles and therefore stay loyal to more profitable BA routes elsewhere.
Also the hub at LGW was closed so the route became wholly point to point after the first wave as all remaining long haul had departed, as you said, the remaining aircraft were deployed to routes elsewhere, where Avios holders could burn miles and therefore stay loyal to more profitable BA routes elsewhere.
new traffic??
As a general fan of all ne airports...are the Newcastle management team doing anything to pick up the slack and lost business from prestwick? I know newcastle used to handle a lot of delivery and transit flights some years ago.maybe it's time to court the transit traffic from prestwick as they seem to be in disarray? The local handling agents have been bought out by the airport apparently.
24 hours unlimited ops must appeal to a lot of the transit customers???
24 hours unlimited ops must appeal to a lot of the transit customers???
My understanding is there's not a lot of money in it - most of it is in the fuel and the delivery lads like a bargain...
Easier money to be made out of King Air's and Citation's.
Easier money to be made out of King Air's and Citation's.