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An extra a/c from Jet2 but no new destinations
Airline Jet2 increases Newcastle Airport flights (From The Northern Echo)
Airline Jet2 increases Newcastle Airport flights (From The Northern Echo)
Just can't get enough of those bucket and spade destination......
Join Date: Nov 2004
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There has been a lot of variety in my lifetime, but not much now.
Berlin....Budapest....Pula.....
Maybe it's just the reputation Geordies have, sitting on a beach drinking pints of beer, smoking their tabs, eating chips while going red as a beetroot.
And that's just the women.
Berlin....Budapest....Pula.....
Maybe it's just the reputation Geordies have, sitting on a beach drinking pints of beer, smoking their tabs, eating chips while going red as a beetroot.
And that's just the women.
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I didn't say it's what Geordies are like, I said it's the reputation we have.
Wasn't Belin a very busy route? Budapest?
Prague was the busiest route ?EZY? did and they still dumped it.
Wasn't Belin a very busy route? Budapest?
Prague was the busiest route ?EZY? did and they still dumped it.
Join Date: Mar 2015
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I don't see how PRG was the busiest route EZY did. It was only done a few times a week. PRG and places like it are low yielding. They don't spend onboard and when Eastern Europe was a la mode for stags and hens there were frequent issues onboard.
Eastern Europe isn't as cheap as it once were. People can drink just as cheap somewhere hotter and safer too.
The portfolio of routes suits the airport and there are many network carriers for those few who do want somewhere a bit more off the beaten track.
Eastern Europe isn't as cheap as it once were. People can drink just as cheap somewhere hotter and safer too.
The portfolio of routes suits the airport and there are many network carriers for those few who do want somewhere a bit more off the beaten track.
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You can hub via EWR/DUB/LHR/BRU/AMS/CDG/DUS. More than enough for an airport the size of NCL.
Do list these non 'bucket and spade routes' that you seem to think NCL can support.
You've conveniently ignored my question about your proclamation that PRG was one of EZY's busiest routes. Do explain oh fountain of knowledge.
Do list these non 'bucket and spade routes' that you seem to think NCL can support.
You've conveniently ignored my question about your proclamation that PRG was one of EZY's busiest routes. Do explain oh fountain of knowledge.
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Yes, via a hub which I hate. I often go to LHR on the train to get 1 long flight.
Especially with AMS having a well-deserved reputation for losing luggage. I'm using them in June with KLM (after I swore years ago to never use them again after double booking my seat and - literally- laughed in my face when I complained).
Not to mention the infamous NCL security. Do I really have to take things like headphone leads out my hand luggage to be inspected????
Especially with AMS having a well-deserved reputation for losing luggage. I'm using them in June with KLM (after I swore years ago to never use them again after double booking my seat and - literally- laughed in my face when I complained).
Not to mention the infamous NCL security. Do I really have to take things like headphone leads out my hand luggage to be inspected????
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I commute from NCL and use the airport every week. I find security absolutely fine. I even leave my phone and tablet charger in my bags and haven't been asked to remove them once.
But, you're saying NCL needs more routes, but then say you avoid flying from there? How does that work?
I think people need to appreciate what they've got. And that's a small but well equipped airport that is being modernised with a wide range of direct destinations, little bit of long haul, many one stop connections available that does very well considering large part of the catchment area is either fairly sparsely populated or sea.
But, you're saying NCL needs more routes, but then say you avoid flying from there? How does that work?
I think people need to appreciate what they've got. And that's a small but well equipped airport that is being modernised with a wide range of direct destinations, little bit of long haul, many one stop connections available that does very well considering large part of the catchment area is either fairly sparsely populated or sea.
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Good old ash666, nothing like a bit of generalisation for an entire region (almost bordering on a form of racism).
Really though I suspect NCL doesn't miss his £'ss. Continue to whichever hub you use, we'll continue to support local business.
Really though I suspect NCL doesn't miss his £'ss. Continue to whichever hub you use, we'll continue to support local business.
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People here really do get 0/10 for comprehension.
For the last time, I said it is our reputation not what is really here.
For a single flight of course I would use NCL, it is a financial nonsense not to.
I have ALWAYS been asked at NCL security about my phone. So you are lying when they ask you (and you WILL have been) and then criticise me?
For the last time, I said it is our reputation not what is really here.
For a single flight of course I would use NCL, it is a financial nonsense not to.
I have ALWAYS been asked at NCL security about my phone. So you are lying when they ask you (and you WILL have been) and then criticise me?
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If you actually read what people post instead of frantically tapping away to try and shoot people down you will note I say I NEVER take it out my phone charger unless specifically asked. In the last few weeks that's included NCL/BRS/SOU/LBA/TLS. The only place that asked for it to be taken out was LGW.
Lying has nothing to do about it. Chargers are chargers and not electronic equipment per se. It then gets scanned and can be clearly seen and nobody has ever challenged it. So if you take out your headphone leads out its most likely been of your own doing.
Making stuff up when there's people who work at NCL or use it a lot just doesn't work mate.
Lying has nothing to do about it. Chargers are chargers and not electronic equipment per se. It then gets scanned and can be clearly seen and nobody has ever challenged it. So if you take out your headphone leads out its most likely been of your own doing.
Making stuff up when there's people who work at NCL or use it a lot just doesn't work mate.
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So if you take out your headphone leads out its most likely been of your own doing.
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Wrong again. I was specifically asked to after the machine along with the most ridiculous of other not-really-electrical things. Spare SD cards FFS!!! A different sim card!!!! The headphones themselves, FFS and MANY other things. I asked this jobsworth how long this level of security had been going on for and he said 2 years. I asked him why it hadn't happened before to me and, not surprisingly, he had no answer.
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Wrong again. I was specifically asked to after the machine along with the most ridiculous of other not-really-electrical things. Spare SD cards FFS!!! A different sim card!!!! The headphones themselves, FFS and MANY other things. I asked this jobsworth how long this level of security had been going on for and he said 2 years. I asked him why it hadn't happened before to me and, not surprisingly, he had no answer.
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BA W15 Schedule
BA have made updates to there W15 schedule. They will add a additional daily frequency from the start of the W15 schedule. BA will operate 9 flights on a Monday and Saturday and 8 flight during the rest of the week.
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Good to hear and glad the demand is there.
Also pleased that immigration/passport control is much better than it used to be though still surprised that there is no toilet before the carousels.
Also pleased that immigration/passport control is much better than it used to be though still surprised that there is no toilet before the carousels.
2014 results
Profit, revenue and passenger numbers up at Newcastle International Airport - The Journal
Passenger numbers grew by 2% on the previous year, and revenues increased by 3%. These increases supported growth in EBITDA of 5% to £32.9m and in operating profit of 8% to £22.5m.
NIAL Group says it believes 2015 passengers numbers will remain static, though it would continue to work closely with its airline partners to stimulate growth in the future.
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Jet2 has 29 destinations for summer 2016... I swear we've had 29 destinations for the last 3 years or something, we've lost about 5 routes or more though.
Surprised they haven't gone for Kefalonia or Kos, and there is a devastatingly sad void in France, Northern Italy, Northern Croatia, Hungary etc.
EDIT: Any info on the HOP! flight due out to Perpignan at 18:30?
Surprised they haven't gone for Kefalonia or Kos, and there is a devastatingly sad void in France, Northern Italy, Northern Croatia, Hungary etc.
EDIT: Any info on the HOP! flight due out to Perpignan at 18:30?
Last edited by EK77WNCL; 31st May 2015 at 14:34.