Newcastle-9

[SWBKCB]

Military, business flights, emergency cover, general aviation, diversions etc. I always thought connectivity and providing a service to the local area was a rather important facet of local airports?

Ans like last time, all can be handled with PPR (might be a bit harder for diversions.... )

It's not nice out there - need to balance cost saved against income foregone.

[SWBKCB]

Iberia Express, a low-cost airline owned by Iberia, will operate multiple flights to and from Newcastle between the 26th December 2020 and the 3rd January 2021.

https://www.newcastleairport.com/new...d-new-airline/

[nighthawk117]

Originally Posted by highwideandugly

I can understand short term closure of the terminal for a month when no flights. Similar to other airports.

I can’t understand however closing an airfield for 4 hours in the middle of the day.

Military,business flights,emergency cover,general aviation,diversions etc. I always thought connectivity and providing a service to the local area was a rather important facet of local airports?

Oh well🤔

Why stay open if there are no flights scheduled? Shut the airport and save on the staffing costs.

Not worth staying open on the off chance a military flight wants to come in, and on the off chance they do, they can always arrange cover with a days notice. GA can continue with the airport closed, they just need to treat it as an uncontrolled airfield.

[highwideandugly]

So ..same theory..Should Prestwick close their airfield in between their schedule movements?

[LGWAlan]

Looks like a MAD-NCL-ACE on 26/12, MAD-NCL-LPA on 27/12, ACE-NCL-MAD on 2/1/21 and a LPA-NCL-MAD on 3/1/21

[Jamesair1]

Hopefully this will be the start of more regular operations in the summer. The airport news story certainly suggests Iberia Express as a long term relationship.

[GrahamK]

Jet2 new routes

Santorini showing 1 x weekly from July 2021
Skiathos and Kefallonia also showing on the app but no flights available yet

[LBIA]

Jet2 - 3 new routes from Newcastle for summer 2021

Kefalonia = 1x weekly (Fri) commences July 23rd
Santorini = 1x weekly (Mon) commences July 26th
Skiathos = 1x weekly (Fri) commences May 21st

[SWBKCB]

Originally Posted by LBIA

Jet2 - 3 new routes from Newcastle for summer 2021

Kefalonia = 1x weekly (Fri) commences July 23rd
Santorini = 1x weekly (Mon) commences July 26th
Skiathos = 1x weekly (Fri) commences May 21st

Presumably just new for Jet2 at NCL rather than new to NCL - TUI do Kefalonia and Skiathios, did TCX do Santorini from NCL?

[Jamesair1]

Yes, they did

[GrahamK]

Skiathos and Santorini have been served from NCL since the days of Excel/ Air Scandic/ Various other random carriers that had bases at NCL

[Jamesair1]

LOGANAIR

Good to read that Loganairs core operations are centred on Scotland and Newcastle

[Matt4]

Air France

Looking at Air France website looks like they aren’t coming back until the 01st Feb

[Cat Techie]

Originally Posted by Jamesair1

Good to read that Loganairs core operations are centred on Scotland and Newcastle

Hope the Vacinnce effects are quick and effective. Newcastle is a winner if Covid disappears for Logan. I do have a vested interest in any plans. However until people wish to jump on aeroplanes and are allowed to, that is the issue.

[Asturias56]

"Hope the Vaccine effects are quick and effective"

It's going to take quite a while - you probably need 60% of the population immunised before the virus transmission goes into serious decline - that's circa 40 million people in the UK - at 1 million a week it'll be September . People may start traveling earlier but you have to have a results at both ends. I'd expect little change in the rules until Easter, when we should start to see infection in the vulnerable start to fall - after that a gradual easing until the feel they can swamp any local flareups - probably around June once the universities disperse