DURHAM TEES VALLEY AIRPORT - 5
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A snipped from a local wrag.
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Does anyone know about tomorrow's flight from Izmir?
(from live departure boards)
Flight No. From Time
OHY4671F Izmir 08:25
There doesnt seem to be an outbound flight, so just wondered?
(from live departure boards)
Flight No. From Time
OHY4671F Izmir 08:25
There doesnt seem to be an outbound flight, so just wondered?
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Airport is tops for time on Amsterdam service
MME achieves best KLM Punctuality.
Originally Posted by durhamteesvalleyairport.com
When it comes to time Durham Tees Valley Airport is proving tops with its KLM service to Amsterdam.
Figures for March showed that Durham Tees Valley achieved the highest punctuality of all the 14 UK airports from which KLM operate its Cityhopper services. In total 96 per cent of its three-times-a-day seven-days-a-week flights met the industry standard punctuality yardstick of being within 15 minutes of the scheduled departure or arrival time.
Latest figures for April show an even more impressive performance—with 99 per cent of all KLM flights to and from the airport meeting the punctuality standards.
Says Nick Smillie, Aviation Sales Director for Peel Airports Group “KLM’s service from Durham Tees Valley to Amsterdam Schiphol, one of Europe’s most important hubs for worldwide routes, is greatly valued by local people, especially the business community—and for them, of course, being on time is especially important.
“Business travellers represent well over half of the passengers who use the KLM service, with many of them linking at Schiphol to flights taking them to destinations across the globe—the most popular including Bangkok, Houston, Johannesburg, Zurich and Oslo.
“We pride ourselves on working with our airlines to make sure that flights are on time wherever possible—as well as hitting the 96 per cent figure for March, we also delivered 93 per cent punctuality for the last 12 months.
“Of course, events arising from the airspace restrictions earlier this month caused huge problems for everyone—including customers, ourselves and our airlines—but things are now back on track and we aim to make sure that Durham Tees Valley stays tops for time.”
Figures for March showed that Durham Tees Valley achieved the highest punctuality of all the 14 UK airports from which KLM operate its Cityhopper services. In total 96 per cent of its three-times-a-day seven-days-a-week flights met the industry standard punctuality yardstick of being within 15 minutes of the scheduled departure or arrival time.
Latest figures for April show an even more impressive performance—with 99 per cent of all KLM flights to and from the airport meeting the punctuality standards.
Says Nick Smillie, Aviation Sales Director for Peel Airports Group “KLM’s service from Durham Tees Valley to Amsterdam Schiphol, one of Europe’s most important hubs for worldwide routes, is greatly valued by local people, especially the business community—and for them, of course, being on time is especially important.
“Business travellers represent well over half of the passengers who use the KLM service, with many of them linking at Schiphol to flights taking them to destinations across the globe—the most popular including Bangkok, Houston, Johannesburg, Zurich and Oslo.
“We pride ourselves on working with our airlines to make sure that flights are on time wherever possible—as well as hitting the 96 per cent figure for March, we also delivered 93 per cent punctuality for the last 12 months.
“Of course, events arising from the airspace restrictions earlier this month caused huge problems for everyone—including customers, ourselves and our airlines—but things are now back on track and we aim to make sure that Durham Tees Valley stays tops for time.”
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If I was you, I'd be more concerned as to why KL pulled today's AMS flights as to taking anything positive from DTV accepting a couple of LS diversions..... presumably as they are stowed out "up the road".
It should also be noted that KL did manage to operate today's NCL -AMS obligations
It should also be noted that KL did manage to operate today's NCL -AMS obligations
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It should also be noted that KL did manage to operate today's NCL -AMS obligations
KL952 06:05 AMSTERDAM FLIGHT CANCELLED
KL954 09:40 AMSTERDAM FLIGHT CANCELLED
KL958 13:05 AMSTERDAM FLIGHT CANCELLED
Okay fair enough AMS was closed this morning, but it wasn't just NCL that was open for a fair portion of yesterday....from what I can see MME was open until later in the day and took some diverts, just we didn't make a song and dance about it like Newcastle did with a "Special Notice" on the website
I feel for those in the Operations teams of the airlines at the moment, it must be a logistical nightmare!!
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Unsure where on earth you are coming from or what your point is, though I do sense a touch of the sour grapes. DTV has managed to operate hardly a single flight of late and as you choose to draw attention to todays AMS then the KL1537 & KL1539 are also both canx.
Anyone taking a reality check would work out that there is insufficient revenue to cover costs even on a normal day.
Unsure where on earth you are coming from or what your point is, though I do sense a touch of the sour grapes. DTV has managed to operate hardly a single flight of late and as you choose to draw attention to todays AMS then the KL1537 & KL1539 are also both canx.
Anyone taking a reality check would work out that there is insufficient revenue to cover costs even on a normal day.
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More tongue in cheek than sour Skyman, at the end of the day we aren't Newcastle nor will we ever be a Newcastle. I have no idea why KLM chose to cancel flights in and out of DTV yesterday or today yet still ran them "up the road". We were open until last night as demonstrated by picking up the EXS div ins. If recent news is to be believed then DTV is a good performing route for KLM, certainly from what I see the routes are doing well volume-wise, although I do not profess to know whether they are profitable or not!
My other "point" was that when DTV was open and took diverts yesterday (allbeit not as many as 19), we did take 4 which is about the same proportion to parking spots as 19 is to Newcastle. Yet the airport did not feel the need to put up a special homepage to the website shouting it to the world that we were one of a few airports open, yet NCL felt the need to do that. Was it a good idea to shout about it or better to keep quiet and "get on with it"? Not sure on that one!
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My other "point" was that when DTV was open and took diverts yesterday (allbeit not as many as 19), we did take 4 which is about the same proportion to parking spots as 19 is to Newcastle. Yet the airport did not feel the need to put up a special homepage to the website shouting it to the world that we were one of a few airports open, yet NCL felt the need to do that. Was it a good idea to shout about it or better to keep quiet and "get on with it"? Not sure on that one!
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EZY at MME?
Talk on the Newcastle thread suggests the future of EZY at NCL is uncertain given it is their only base for which they haven't released their winter schedule for. Could this pave the way for MME to steal EZY from under the noses of NCL. Clearly not to the same scale (perhaps 1 or 2 A319s) as at NCL but given Peel Airports relationship with EZY (huge base at LPL and recent expansion at DSA) could this be realistic?
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As much as I would love to see EZY at MME I think it's more likely to be in addition to NCL rather than in place of the operation there. Certainly if things are "struggling" at NCL then there is very little chance I would have thought in them coming to us.
That said, there is a low cost market for MME (as has been discussed many times before here). The problem is making enough money on it to be viable. The people of the Tees Valley would love to have lo-co services to the Med, the problem is that historically they don't want to pay the money required for the airline to make a profit on the route.
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That said, there is a low cost market for MME (as has been discussed many times before here). The problem is making enough money on it to be viable. The people of the Tees Valley would love to have lo-co services to the Med, the problem is that historically they don't want to pay the money required for the airline to make a profit on the route.
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Speaking of Aer Arann, are there any figures released for the last few months on the Dublin route?
Lo-Co would definately be welcome here at MME, as it has been said many times before. Im sure the people of Teesside would be willing to pay the price, if the service was good enough - and transport was available TO THE AIRPORT.
Lo-Co would definately be welcome here at MME, as it has been said many times before. Im sure the people of Teesside would be willing to pay the price, if the service was good enough - and transport was available TO THE AIRPORT.
DTV Diversions
HeathrowD makes an interesting point,however his attitude sums up why we are in the mess we are in.
Surely you have heard the phrase 'any news-is good news" ?
Probably the reason DTV is in the mess it is in-no decent PR comes out of the place. Surely with Newcastle 'advertising' the fact they remained open and accepted so many diversions will rub off on the travelling public?
People I spoke to expected DTV to be closed(they think it is anyway) so nothing was gained from the 4 diverts(apart from a few bob).
The real question is why only 4? Maybe its because DTV closes overnight now and the aircraft would have been stranded again? Jet2 probably looked at the situation and thought hey! send the aircraft to newcastle and we can operate another rotation that day instead of waiting nearly 24 hrs to operate from DTV?
Lets face it we are still a shambles of an airport and always will be-I despair!!!
KLM is good news however-tempered by the fact they hardly operated any flights in the first couple of months of the year so easier to get that above average!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Surely you have heard the phrase 'any news-is good news" ?
Probably the reason DTV is in the mess it is in-no decent PR comes out of the place. Surely with Newcastle 'advertising' the fact they remained open and accepted so many diversions will rub off on the travelling public?
People I spoke to expected DTV to be closed(they think it is anyway) so nothing was gained from the 4 diverts(apart from a few bob).
The real question is why only 4? Maybe its because DTV closes overnight now and the aircraft would have been stranded again? Jet2 probably looked at the situation and thought hey! send the aircraft to newcastle and we can operate another rotation that day instead of waiting nearly 24 hrs to operate from DTV?
Lets face it we are still a shambles of an airport and always will be-I despair!!!
KLM is good news however-tempered by the fact they hardly operated any flights in the first couple of months of the year so easier to get that above average!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I would have thought Jet2 would use NCL as it is one of their bases. MME has been used in the past but as you say not being 24hrs when diversions would need that flexibility would not help.
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KLM is good news however-tempered by the fact they hardly operated any flights in the first couple of months of the year so easier to get that above average!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KLM is good news however-tempered by the fact they hardly operated any flights in the first couple of months of the year so easier to get that above average!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have read the reassuring messages that were placed by DTV last year, but in reality these messages mean little. One only has to read the puerile garbage put out by
Ms Qas to her successful (for who?)period in management and leaving DTV placed better than ever "to take advantage of future growth opportunities". Even more so with comments from Hughie who uttered amongst the standard cliche's an absolute classic :-
"it is very much to her credit that Durham Tees Valley has weathered the storm and is now moving forward again."
