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Last year there was a "Tailwinds" 737 that came in on the odd occasion, though I suspect it was a substitute aircraft for Onur Air.
Didn't Iberworld do some charter flights to Dalaman last year/year before. Ok, so not strictly a Turkish Airline, but all the same, something a little different.
MNG Airlines did the mail flights for a while... again not strictly a Turkish Charter...
RTG!!!
Didn't Iberworld do some charter flights to Dalaman last year/year before. Ok, so not strictly a Turkish Airline, but all the same, something a little different.
MNG Airlines did the mail flights for a while... again not strictly a Turkish Charter...
RTG!!!
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I think Newcastle has become a big stagnant in the last year despite growth at other airports of a similar size during these difficult times. The fact Hannover a couple of times a week coming in from Exeter gets such applause from the company highlights the plight.
Why is that others like Liverpool can attract the low cost carriers and keep them there when Newcastle struggles to hold down routes season after season - would you point the blame at the marketing, the management, the passengers, the airlines or a combination of them all?
Newcastle does seem, in my own opinion, seem to be dropping down the rankings of the regionals of similar size like Bristol, Belfast, Liverpool, Aberdeen.
Why is that others like Liverpool can attract the low cost carriers and keep them there when Newcastle struggles to hold down routes season after season - would you point the blame at the marketing, the management, the passengers, the airlines or a combination of them all?
Newcastle does seem, in my own opinion, seem to be dropping down the rankings of the regionals of similar size like Bristol, Belfast, Liverpool, Aberdeen.
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The problem Newcastle has, is that the catchment area population is significantly smaller than that of Liverpool, Bristol, East Midlands, and even Belfast. Never the less, whilst these other airports may have huge LCC presence, Newcastle is coping quite well with a good mix of LCC (Jet2, easyJet, Ryanair, Flybe), Charter (Thomsonfly, Thomas Cook etc) and Legacy carriers (BA, KL, LH, AF, SN/BMI, EK).
How many of those other "similar sized" airports can claim to have a successful daily A330 service to Dubai for example?
How many of those other "similar sized" airports can claim to have a successful daily A330 service to Dubai for example?
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Oh, and Thomas Cook have added extra flights to Mahon, operating on sundays by Astraeus (Iceland Express?) on a "w" from BHX.
Seem's they've added extra flights to PMI (op by Iberworld) and IBZ (op by Thomas Cook Belgium!?!) as well.
Seem's they've added extra flights to PMI (op by Iberworld) and IBZ (op by Thomas Cook Belgium!?!) as well.
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The problem Newcastle has is that nearly half its catchment area is in the North Sea. Still, could be worse (e.g. Manston, where it's more like three-quarters).
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Another problem is that its often more expensive to fly from Newcastle than other airports, a colleague recently flew from EDI with EZY as the flights were almost half the price of the same flights from NCL. While many people, including me, will always chose to fly from their local airport for the convience others are much more willing to travel a couple of hours as far as Manchester or Glasgow to get cheaper fares.
We need more choice and fairer fares for NCL to really start growing again, and of course we need airlines that are committed to NCL, EZY seem to be wavering and LS holding back on further expansion, or there could of course be things going on behind the scenes we don't know about? Lets see how 2011 shapes up and we should have a good idea what everyone is planning longer term.
We need more choice and fairer fares for NCL to really start growing again, and of course we need airlines that are committed to NCL, EZY seem to be wavering and LS holding back on further expansion, or there could of course be things going on behind the scenes we don't know about? Lets see how 2011 shapes up and we should have a good idea what everyone is planning longer term.
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this is not meant as a criticism, just curious as to how airports work.
The question is, how come the first flights of the day regularly, almost routinely, take off 20mins+ late when the aircraft were there overnight and the check-in desks close in plenty of time?
ie today, 6.05 AMS left 6.30
6.20 Palma left 6.43
625 CDG left 6.46
The question is, how come the first flights of the day regularly, almost routinely, take off 20mins+ late when the aircraft were there overnight and the check-in desks close in plenty of time?
ie today, 6.05 AMS left 6.30
6.20 Palma left 6.43
625 CDG left 6.46
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New Flight details
1st flight looks to be 27th june
Newcastle - Mahon (Menorca)
16:15 / 19:50 (2 hours 35 minutes) (AEU402)
Mahon (Menorca) - Newcastle
13:30 / 15:15 (2 hours 45 minutes) (AEU403)
Newcastle - Mahon (Menorca)
16:15 / 19:50 (2 hours 35 minutes) (AEU402)
Mahon (Menorca) - Newcastle
13:30 / 15:15 (2 hours 45 minutes) (AEU403)
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Top Air
Going back to the TC- airlines that operated out of Newcastle, can anyone remember Top Air with their 727's in the mid 90's?
They used to have a schedule on a Friday evening along with the Sabre 727, but as I recall I never saw them on the ground at the same time
TC-IYA/B/C were the machines but Im pretty sure that only A ever turned up? Correct me if I am wrong.
They used to have a schedule on a Friday evening along with the Sabre 727, but as I recall I never saw them on the ground at the same time
TC-IYA/B/C were the machines but Im pretty sure that only A ever turned up? Correct me if I am wrong.