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Announcement today.....Fred Olsen Cruises announced regional flight departures for 4 of its Far Eastern cruises, three of which involve NCL on 14/2, 1/3 and 16/3/15. I have no further details.
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7 a day is fantastic but the first departure on the winter timetable is too late at 07:45, with the MCT you cant get a flight departing LHR until 10:05.
KLM have a year round 05:55 departure which opens up more possibilities if you are connecting short haul in Europe and have an afternoon meeting.
KLM have a year round 05:55 departure which opens up more possibilities if you are connecting short haul in Europe and have an afternoon meeting.
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maybe it's time to court the transit traffic from Prestwick as they seem to be in disarray?
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I think he means that Newcastle is a static airport, one that which does not travel to the middle or far east... Or:
Quote: That is because NCL do NOT operate or call at Dubai, they do not operated at in the middle or far east.
Translation: That is because NCL does not have a service to Dubai, there are no flights to the middle or far east.
Fact: At 13:10 tomorrow, EK36 will leave Newcastle for the 804th time on a 777 (2631st in total), it will arrive in Dubai around midnight. This will then occur on 17th November, 18th November, 19th November... etc. Until operation ceases on 24th December 2014. However on the 26th December, another 777 300ER will arrive on the cold December morning to take another couple of hundred paying passengers over to the desert, courtesy of Emirates airline.
Quote: That is because NCL do NOT operate or call at Dubai, they do not operated at in the middle or far east.
Translation: That is because NCL does not have a service to Dubai, there are no flights to the middle or far east.
Fact: At 13:10 tomorrow, EK36 will leave Newcastle for the 804th time on a 777 (2631st in total), it will arrive in Dubai around midnight. This will then occur on 17th November, 18th November, 19th November... etc. Until operation ceases on 24th December 2014. However on the 26th December, another 777 300ER will arrive on the cold December morning to take another couple of hundred paying passengers over to the desert, courtesy of Emirates airline.
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But the question was referring to Fred Olsen, unless they are linked to Norwegian Cruise Line? I do not understand.
What be your problem now Boris? Should we all just deny the fact that *cough* fly to Newcastle so as not to upset anyone by mentioning them.
What be your problem now Boris? Should we all just deny the fact that *cough* fly to Newcastle so as not to upset anyone by mentioning them.
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Oh dear, I didn't think my post would cause such a fuss. Fred Olsen have no connection with NCL (cruise line) and operate a series of cruises out of NCL (Port of Tyne).
This week they announced a new series of four Fly-cruises out of GLA/MAN/BHX and NCL linking with cruises sailing out of Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Dubai, a NCL flight is not offered on the cruise out of Dubai.
This week they announced a new series of four Fly-cruises out of GLA/MAN/BHX and NCL linking with cruises sailing out of Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Dubai, a NCL flight is not offered on the cruise out of Dubai.
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Jamesair, that is as I had expected so I am unsure as to where the confusion has arisen although that does seem strange that DXB is not on offer.
Hopefully that will boost Wideroe's numbers a bit
Hopefully that will boost Wideroe's numbers a bit
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Are they having a larf?
While on holiday, I wondered how much it would cost me for a one-way economy ticket for the little 1hr hop from AMS back to NCL. About £100 for the return so I guessed about £50.
They wanted over £400
I couldn't believe they wanted that much so I checked with Expedia and just the same. What sort of nutter pays that for a 1 hr, one-way economy flight?
The same people that are stupid/arrogant enough to pay £750 for a normal business return when the seats and service are almost identical to economy and it's only a 1 hour flight anyway? Have these people got their heads so far up.... that they pay an extra £650 just to get on first and have a little bit of curtain seperating them from the plebs?
If it was for business it is grossly wasteful of company money.
A bit like when I was in Thailand and business class was full of monks
While on holiday, I wondered how much it would cost me for a one-way economy ticket for the little 1hr hop from AMS back to NCL. About £100 for the return so I guessed about £50.
They wanted over £400
I couldn't believe they wanted that much so I checked with Expedia and just the same. What sort of nutter pays that for a 1 hr, one-way economy flight?
The same people that are stupid/arrogant enough to pay £750 for a normal business return when the seats and service are almost identical to economy and it's only a 1 hour flight anyway? Have these people got their heads so far up.... that they pay an extra £650 just to get on first and have a little bit of curtain seperating them from the plebs?
If it was for business it is grossly wasteful of company money.
A bit like when I was in Thailand and business class was full of monks
Firm grasp of airline economics there Ash...
They charge £400 because they can - if you want to travel at the last minute you have to be prepared to pay it. And business class on short haul is normally the first leg of a long haul journey, where the benefits of business class over economy are a bit more apparent.
They charge £400 because they can - if you want to travel at the last minute you have to be prepared to pay it. And business class on short haul is normally the first leg of a long haul journey, where the benefits of business class over economy are a bit more apparent.
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The fare I got was about 10 days in advance of travel. I didn't pay it....
Shame China Airlines have changed their policy. You used to be able to go business class with CI and they would let you fly economy from NCL-AMS, all ticketed together. As you say, this has benefits in case of missed connections.
Now it has to be business class all the way and adds £600 to the fare and I am not prepared to pay that. It also moves them up into the same price bracket as many other airlines. Bad move.
So this time I got CI busy class and KLM economy but that means they are not ticketed together so tough luck if you miss your connection (I assume. Maybe not the case if they are both part of the SkyTeam Alliance????? - advice welcomed there)
I didn't dare risk it so had to wait 7 hours at AMS for the later flight. As it happens CI was on time (13 hours from BKK, must have gone the scenic route and how much fuel is left after that?) so I went to the transfer desk to see if I could get the earlier flight. Turns out I shot myself in the foot by getting my luggage sent through all the way to NCL from BKK. It surprised me that they could put me on the earlier flight, even though I had checked in for the later one, but they couldn't press a computer button somewhere to change the luggage flight. Lesson learned.
Shame China Airlines have changed their policy. You used to be able to go business class with CI and they would let you fly economy from NCL-AMS, all ticketed together. As you say, this has benefits in case of missed connections.
Now it has to be business class all the way and adds £600 to the fare and I am not prepared to pay that. It also moves them up into the same price bracket as many other airlines. Bad move.
So this time I got CI busy class and KLM economy but that means they are not ticketed together so tough luck if you miss your connection (I assume. Maybe not the case if they are both part of the SkyTeam Alliance????? - advice welcomed there)
I didn't dare risk it so had to wait 7 hours at AMS for the later flight. As it happens CI was on time (13 hours from BKK, must have gone the scenic route and how much fuel is left after that?) so I went to the transfer desk to see if I could get the earlier flight. Turns out I shot myself in the foot by getting my luggage sent through all the way to NCL from BKK. It surprised me that they could put me on the earlier flight, even though I had checked in for the later one, but they couldn't press a computer button somewhere to change the luggage flight. Lesson learned.