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Old 26th Jun 2015, 04:47
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I think what Highwideandugly is getting at is that eastern Europe doesn't really get much of a look in in the North East despite there being a sizeable Polish community amongst others. Surely wiz should be looking at the North East for at least one destination two or three times a week.


The demographics seem to be there.
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Old 26th Jun 2015, 09:59
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Cool The facts dear boy/girl..

Sorry for pointing out the ble.ding obvious!!!,cabin Crew


This is the here and now..I stated the facts.

Newcastle IS the NE Premier airport
We are the only large region without Wizz flights to a huge market
The airport always use the excuse of upsetting existing customers
There are thousands of East Europeans working in the region(inc S.Scotland and Cumbria)
DTV did have Wizz flights

Never Mind at least we won't upset Continental!
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Old 26th Jun 2015, 10:25
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Indeed we won't saying as Continental operated its last flight several years ago.

With many A321s on order, Wizz will need to fly their fleet somewhere. I wouldn't be surprised if we see them but I do wonder why we've seen little in the way of Eastern European flights apart from a couple of flights to tourist centres. FR have a huge present in the east so I do wonder why it hasn't been done.

MME didn't last. DSA works as there's a huge amount of workers in the fruit and veg industry there. I can't see the yields being anything to write home about. If FR, with their ultra low cost base haven't bothered trying they obviously don't see much money to be made.
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Old 26th Jun 2015, 10:43
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Wizz Air / LCC operations

Not sure what business plan Wizz operate, but if it's like Ryanair's Low Cost operations, wanting everything free from the airport, then maybe Newcastle airport would rather have airlines who are willing to pay fees & charges, as revenue from retail & catering is not fantastic on budget airline flights. Newcastle have been careful to maintain about 1/3rd Business + 1/3rd Leisure (TM/TCX etc) & 1/3rd LCC. They won't want to lose fee paying airlines to ultra low cost carriers who don't pay charges. - Airport needs to make money.
Again I'm not sure if Wizz is a FR style Ultra low cost carrier, but if so, could be a reason it is not being encouraged.
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Old 26th Jun 2015, 12:45
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Not sure what business plan Wizz operate
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Destination selection :- Think it's a bit like playing darts blindfold, would explain why they arrived (& departed!) DTV
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Old 26th Jun 2015, 15:04
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Suspect it's down to demand. The number of East Europeans in the North East is nowhere near other areas of the country.
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Old 26th Jun 2015, 17:21
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Specultion please ?

Agreed Sw....but surely with a little incentive.....and it wouldn't be much. A few flights per week to a few destinations would be worth a punt??

Hey. EK. and UA. Have proved with a little support what can be achieved!

Why is it NIA. remind me of NUFC. In their restricted and negative outlook?

BORO for the Premierships!!!!
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Old 27th Jun 2015, 09:33
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A punt???

These are hard headed outfits run by accountants, not a bunch of guys pulling the handle on slot machines
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Old 27th Jun 2015, 20:27
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DSA works as there's a huge amount of workers in the fruit and veg industry there.
More like low-paid factory and warehouse work.
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Old 28th Jun 2015, 02:18
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Yes, who still need to get between home and their place of work regardless of their wages.
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Old 2nd Jul 2015, 06:45
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Was that the first ever visit of a 747F to Newcastle last night?
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Old 2nd Jul 2015, 16:43
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Originally Posted by GrahamK
Was that the first ever visit of a 747F to Newcastle last night?
Not sure but it didnt stay long , Departed out before the storms arrived, which diverted only one flight The Jet2 from Rhodes
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Old 2nd Jul 2015, 17:15
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Wonder if the freight flights were car spares due to the problems at Calais?


Kuwait Airways have possibly sent 742Fs on the money flights.
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Old 2nd Jul 2015, 20:43
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United

I've been keeping an eye on the United seat plans on the website and I'm going to make a guess that NCL sold around 4400 seats out of 6929 on offer

This would make a load of around 63.5%

Official figures will be out end of month
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Old 2nd Jul 2015, 23:58
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Whose was the 747F?
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Old 3rd Jul 2015, 00:14
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Air Cargo Global, my friend who works at Nissan told me they were bringing bespoke parts for their plant expansion.
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Old 4th Jul 2015, 00:31
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Wonder what the An12's were bringing in, 4 in 2 days, 2 today (03/07/15)

Not often you see 2 Antonovs fly over Low Fell, I was creaming allowa

Wonder if there'll be anymore?
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Old 4th Jul 2015, 08:11
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Must be car parts. Last time DTVA competed for the flights and bagged a couple, I have a nice A3 shot of an IL76 offloading engines on my office wall.
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Old 4th Jul 2015, 16:12
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Wonder if UA will be happy with low 60's for a new launch when the other UK routes are currently rammed. Early days
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Old 4th Jul 2015, 18:33
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You can't expect a new route like New York to hit 90+ % in the first few months.

It will take years to grow this route.
Think back to Emirates and the loads compared to this month..


Just hope that UA and NCL can continue to grow this route
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