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Is the £ to $ rate going to effect this flight?
Its been pretty steady for the last 2 years at approx $1.50 to a £1 so nothings changed since united announced the route.
Its been pretty steady for the last 2 years at approx $1.50 to a £1 so nothings changed since united announced the route.
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But if he cuts APD to the North East as well then that increases the risk to Manchester, then if Manchester get APD cuts that puts places like EMA and BHX at risk, if they are then to receive APD cuts that puts the precious home counties airports at risk along with places like BRS. Does it not just make more sense to cut APD completely? Or just have a kind of congestion charge-esque APD operation at LHR and maybe LGW?
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Why exactly are so many routes in decline? Is it a capacity chop/frequency chop or are planes just flying with less people. Deeply concerning that ere are significant drops before the impact of the APD chop in Scotland.
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That's what I was thinking :/ I mean I suppose in a way it's "good" that it's mainly low cost leisure routes with plenty of operators that are in decline and the more "valuable/fragile" routes like Dubai, Amsterdam, Paris and also city routes with only one operator that seem to be doing allright.
This is why I'm still desperate to see to see the full year statistics because my theory is that people have simply changed their holiday habits, for example the Greek islands had 60-100+% increases for summer 2014 so maybe people have just changed where they go? Corfu, Kefalonia and Zante instead of the Costa del Sol/Balearics and Rhodes, Kos and Crete instead of the Canaries
It is concerning though in a way, I'd like to see the balance when EZY start their new routes this summer
This is why I'm still desperate to see to see the full year statistics because my theory is that people have simply changed their holiday habits, for example the Greek islands had 60-100+% increases for summer 2014 so maybe people have just changed where they go? Corfu, Kefalonia and Zante instead of the Costa del Sol/Balearics and Rhodes, Kos and Crete instead of the Canaries
It is concerning though in a way, I'd like to see the balance when EZY start their new routes this summer
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May well be unfortunately... But the way I understood it was that load factors didn't warrant 757's most of the time, hence the 738's/A321's would simply increase load factors since the 757's offered too much capacity? Was that just bull? And NCL is in fact losing out because of the loss in capacity and lack of increase in frequency?
I certainly hope not
I certainly hope not
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The TCX situation is different to that of the LS, TCX are replacing their 757 fleet with A321s, therefore the change to the Airbus at Newcastle was not done because of demand, the 757s we're going out full anyway.
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I flew on the easy jet Gatwick on Friday...full bar a couple seats.Just can't understand why newcastle are loosing this improving route?
People go on about yields but could easy not just put a few quid on the fare structure to see how it pans out? Are the airport doing enough to hang on to it?
People go on about yields but could easy not just put a few quid on the fare structure to see how it pans out? Are the airport doing enough to hang on to it?
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Easyjet will do what they want unfortunately... And what they want is to have as many aircraft as is humanly possible in the South East.
With No APD I'd hope EZY could reinstate a London route and hopefully we might see a resurgance from Bristol and to a lesser extent Belfast.
Hopefully BE to STN will be fruitful but timings aren't brilliant, I reckon Ryanair could fill 2 738's a day to Stansted though if they offered the £9.99 all in fares they do from Edinburgh and Glasgow.
With No APD I'd hope EZY could reinstate a London route and hopefully we might see a resurgance from Bristol and to a lesser extent Belfast.
Hopefully BE to STN will be fruitful but timings aren't brilliant, I reckon Ryanair could fill 2 738's a day to Stansted though if they offered the £9.99 all in fares they do from Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Heathrow to support new flight routes between Newcastle and London - Chronicle Live
18 LHR flights down to 7 since 1990? Really?!?
EK77WNCL - lots of places you could fill 2 flights a day to charging just £9.99...
With Heathrow at full capacity for the last 10 years, many airlines have been forced to use available space for long-haul flights at the expense of domestic routes.
As a result, the number of connections from Newcastle to Heathrow has fallen from 18 in 1990 to just seven in 2015.
Heathrow has committed to working with Newcastle Airport, the city council and the North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) to provide better-timed and more frequent flights between Newcastle and London.
As a result, the number of connections from Newcastle to Heathrow has fallen from 18 in 1990 to just seven in 2015.
Heathrow has committed to working with Newcastle Airport, the city council and the North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) to provide better-timed and more frequent flights between Newcastle and London.
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