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[HeartyMeatballs]

They won't be throwing money at routes but they certainly won't stop the funding of vital air links like the EU have done in this instance.

[ATNotts]

Originally Posted by HeartyMeatballs

They won't be throwing money at routes but they certainly won't stop the funding of vital air links like the EU have done in this instance.

BFS-EWR was not, and never will be a "vital" air link. It was a flagship route for Northern Ireland. It's main traffic was tourist, mostly outbound.

Subsidising BFS-EWR was an attempt to skew business in the island of Ireland, which the Irish government would be understandably miffed about and within the EU, where we reside, is illegal.

I agree with EKWNCL - pigs will fly (unaided) before HMG does anything whatsoever to assist growth of direct flights to overseas destinations from NCL, or anywehre away from London.

[HeartyMeatballs]

Regional air connectivity fund is government assistance as was the EXT-LGW flight.

[SWBKCB]

Airliner deliveries at Newcastle - the Gill Air fleet, plenty of Dash-8's in the past and probably a few other smaller odds and sods, and then this one...

'november tango'

[ash666]

Newcastle Airport on Facebook:

"You can now book flights on our website to over 80 destinations"

Really?
I can't see a booking page.

[SWBKCB]

It's "Flights" on the home page - between car park booking and security fast track

[ash666]

Thanks, well hidden!

[Jamesair]

HOP Paris Orly - NCL still shows on Wikipedia Orly....commencing 1st June 2017

[Fairdealfrank]

Regional air connectivity fund is government assistance as was the EXT-LGW flight.

....and EXT-LCY? or is that standalone?

[EK77WNCL]

HOP to Orly ain't gonna happen, we'd have heard by now

[SWBKCB]

http://www.bqlive.co.uk/2016/11/07/flying-high/

[SWBKCB]

September stats

airport 2016-09 2015-09 percent
PALMA 41,074 36,947 11.17
ALICANTE 36,460 24,174 50.82
AMSTERDAM 31,070 32,625 -4.77
MALAGA 27,782 18,366 51.27
DUBAI 20,429 20,518 -0.43
DUBLIN 19,987 15,978 25.09
TENERIFE 16,715 11,827 41.33
FARO 16,653 14,005 18.91
IBIZA 15,216 14,405 5.63
DALAMAN 14,727 21,437 -31.30
PARIS 13,038 13,880 -6.07
ARRECIFE 11,770 9,357 25.79
BARCELONA 10,946 6,333 72.84
REUS 10,548 8,161 29.25
CORFU 9,188 7,946 15.63
RHODES 8,796 7,504 17.22
MAHON 7,702 7,360 4.65
ZAKINTHOS 7,575 6,578 15.16
LARNACA 7,124 7,328 -2.78
PAPHOS 6,081 6,666 -8.78
HERAKLION 5,804 5,079 14.27
LAS PALMAS 5,783 3,143 84.00
BURGAS 5,459 5,992 -8.90
ANTALYA 5,179 6,411 -19.22
FUERTEVENTURA 4,515 4,877 -7.42
CANCUN 4,388 2,323 88.89
GENEVA 3,917 4,304 -8.99
MALTA 3,843 5,130 -25.09
NICE 3,798 3,711 2.34
DUSSELDORF 3,626 3,760 -3.56
DUBROVNIK 3,589 3,425 4.79
KOS 3,527 3,215 9.70
NAPLES 3,208 1,487 115.74
BODRUM 3,187 3,092 3.07
KEFALLINIA 2,901 2,593 11.88
MURCIA 2,900 4,353 -33.38
COPENHAGEN 2,825 2,849 -0.84
SANFORD 2,666 2,312 15.31
VERONA 2,652 2,198 20.66
KRAKOW 2,642 2,268 16.49
ROME 2,547 2,249 13.25
FUNCHAL 2,536 2,604 -2.61
PRAGUE 2,482 2,133 16.36
SKIATHOS 2,029 1,382 46.82
BRUSSELS 1,952 2,835 -31.15
PISA 1,796 1,968 -8.74
CORK 1,733 837 107.05
SANTORINI 1,685 1,014 66.17
GIRONA 1,490 0 0.00
NEW YORK 1,247 1,024 21.78
STAVANGER 741 1,248 -40.63
SALZBURG 464 877 -47.09
SPLIT 252 1,991 -87.34
VENICE 132 0 0.00
GENOA 130 144 -9.72
ATHENS 0 162 -100.00
HURGHADA 0 1,816 -100.00
SHARM EL SHEIKH 0 5,016 -100.00

[Beatts]

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...brexit-431240/
Interesting read about Ryanairs plans with some seat info at the bottom comparing Newcastle.

[Jamesair]

Looks like much the same scenario for summer 17 with Newcastle expansion.

[Jamesair]

The airport has published the October 2016 stats with Movements at 4,703 (4352) the biggest increase is in freight/mail flights and International with a big reduction in domestic.
Pax stand at 444,660 (418,239) the biggest increase is in International with the expected fall in domestic.

The comparisons are with Oct 15.

[AerRyan]

Is DUB and ORK considered International in the numbers?

[fl dutchman]

The domestic numbers should settle once the discontinued routes of Stansted and Belfast City drops out of the figures.

DUB and ORK are classed as international I believe.

[jensdad]

Last time I was there, Dublin and Cork were listed as 'UK' destinations next to the 'domestic' arrivals area.
Not saying that this affects where they show up on the figures, just that the management of NCL should have a bit more knowledge of their destinations. And maybe a bit of common sense.

[AerRyan]

Have flown into NCL twice from Dublin since august, always go through domestic arrival area and departure area due to the CTA agreement with Ireland.

[jensdad]

Yep, not disputing that RoI arrivals should go through the same arrivals gate as UK arrivals due to the Common Travel Area. Just think it should be labelled as 'UK & RoI arrivals' like it is at Heathrow etc. I spotted it as I was picking someone up from Cork (must have been a few years ago, now I think about it, as they were on Jet2) and I walked straight past the 'UK arrivals' and went to International arrivals. Only when I finally found them loitering at domestic arrivals did I see that Cork was on the list of 'UK' airports (it was a permanent list, not the arrivals board)


To explain my pedantry , I'm a primary school teacher and we teach them at age 6 the difference between England, Great Britain, the UK, the British Isles etc.