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Anyone know whose troop charters they were and what operated them. Last time I was up there, the RAF scared the hell out of me with a Tristar (I forgot how loud those things are... I thought it was going to take the car roof off!), and the time before that I saw a grey DC10 on finals (no idea who's is was USAF perhaps?).
Is there a lot of military charter work in and out of NCL?
RTG!
Is there a lot of military charter work in and out of NCL?
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Another thread reports that from March 2010 there will 1 flt daily to the IOM on Tu/Th/Sa/Su and 2 x daily on Mon/Wed/Fri plus some day return flights on Winter (at home) weeks on Saturdays for football/shopping trips.
Another thread reports that from March 2010 there will 1 flt daily to the IOM on Tu/Th/Sa/Su and 2 x daily on Mon/Wed/Fri plus some day return flights on Winter (at home) weeks on Saturdays for football/shopping trips.
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Glad to see the NCL-IOM route coming along nicely. Seems like manx2 is able to schedule flights for when most people want to travel, rather than just offering the single middle-of-the-day rotation that Eastern did. Day trips too - excellent! The Isle of Man is a great place to visit, so I hope Northeasterners will take advantage of this link.
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Well for anyone who's interested, Septembers provisional passenger figures are out...
For the airport as a whole, despite the number of flights being down by 9.3% for the month, passenger figures were only down by 2.7%
Dubai seen an increase of 17%, which roughly translates into an average load of 77.17%. Of course, we don't know what yields are like, but this is quite encouraging for a small regional like NCL
Still can't understand why Canada is being dropped for next year, as again, just like most of this summer, pax numbers have improved in the double digits percentage wise...
For the airport as a whole, despite the number of flights being down by 9.3% for the month, passenger figures were only down by 2.7%
Dubai seen an increase of 17%, which roughly translates into an average load of 77.17%. Of course, we don't know what yields are like, but this is quite encouraging for a small regional like NCL
Still can't understand why Canada is being dropped for next year, as again, just like most of this summer, pax numbers have improved in the double digits percentage wise...
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Graham, don't forget there were five Wednesdays in September this year versus four last year so a 22% jump in passenger numbers this year is actually a slightly worse performance than last year and don't forget these are just passenger numbers - as you know it is all in the yield as to whether a route is really prospering or not. It would be a shame if the Toronto flight disappeared but I'm sure the airport will be working hard to retain service next summer. There's still time to save this route! Let's hope they do it.
Overall Newcastle figures look pretty good for September and Dubai exceptionally good in what are difficult market conditions for all airlines and airports.
Overall Newcastle figures look pretty good for September and Dubai exceptionally good in what are difficult market conditions for all airlines and airports.
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According to a friend, the route is only sustainable at peak times such as June-August, other than it seems the loads etc just aren't good enough in months such as May, Sept, Oct 
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The 2.7% pax decline is shown minus the figures for BFS and BRS, that should reduce it more.
NCL - Heathrow increased by 12% to 45,256 and NCL - Gatwick by 23% to 10,036 which is good by any standard.
NCL - Heathrow increased by 12% to 45,256 and NCL - Gatwick by 23% to 10,036 which is good by any standard.
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Yes things could be starting to turnaround or at least become stable, good news. Considering the LHR figures its a shame the last daily rotation will not operate from the end of Oct to near the end of Dec. Is this not a busy flight ?. The last inbound was always very busy once upon a time.
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I think CPH was 10 weekly last summer vs 6 weekly this year and DUS is temporarily 1xdaily Monday to Friday to end of summer timetable before resuming 2xdaily Monday to Friday so I guess these are the reasons for the declines. No doubt this has helped BA who appear to be gaining at KLM/Air France's expense along with Emirates.