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[Jamesair]

February stats

brussels..........2053...+24%
paphos.............1447...+11%
grenoble......... 957....-26%
paris..............10,135..-11%
berlin............ 3504..+22%
dusseldorf.. 2250...-28%
cork................ 739... -33%
dublin............17,974.. -14%
turin..................1143 ..-13%
malta..................2371...+5%
amsterdam.......26,767...+2%
faro....................2857....+14%
funchal..............1164.... +3%
alicante..........20,640...+10%
barcelona...... 4960...- 20%
madrid............... 2549
malaga................15,033....+10%
arrecife.............10,747....+13%
fuerteventura... .4507.....+48%
las palmas............3953.....-28%
tenerife..............19,372
stavanger........... 638....+6%
geneva.................8605......-3%
sofia....................1139......-16%
prague.................1627......+48%
krakow................1936.....+83%
warsaw...............2425.....+2%
wrocklaw..........2393..... -2%
dubai..................19,937.... +1%

aberdeen................ 1423.....- 7%
belfast int.............19,897.. ..-3%
belfast city............ 574...
Bristol....................14,356...+2%
cardiff.................... 972...+3%
exeter..................... 2833...+10%
london heathrow..38,921..+4%
isle of man.............. 43......-80%
southampton...........8876..+1%

[HH6702]

Heard rumours of 2 new Jet2 routes for Summer 2019

[HH6702]

Tui on sale now let's see if any surprises

[HH6702]

Naples is Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Cancun is weekly on a Sunday I think and every other week it's sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Can see why they just don't do 2x weekly

[EK77WNCL]

The fortnightly Sanford rotation has been cancelled, so that's back to 1 weekly. It would appear that rotation has been swapped for the third fortnightly Cancun.

[HH6702]

Naples also seems to be a replacement for Dubrovnik?

[ma44hew94]

The TUI Long haul flights (Sanford and Cancun) both seem to have had all their April flights cut from the current bookable schedules, now May - October only.

[skyman771]

I note that yesterdays LS529/LS530 flight NCL- FNC encountered problems due to weather conditions in Atlantic. Apparently same for many others in fleet as well as TCX & TUI. With the inability to land at FNC & remoteness then there were a few "issues" with diverts yesterday PM right across the Canaries.
Case in point LS529 made c. 6 holding patterns down to 4,500 ft followed by a missed approach at 600ft then climb back up to 4,500ft? ! for hours trip down to TFS. Aircraft "HH" positioned back into FNC this morning to collect pax for a belated trip back to NCL sched. arrival c. 14.00 local.
No doubt there are numerous horror stories re this incident, clearly no one at FNC or their web site wish to allude to this presumably hoping it will all disappear...

[Jamesair]

The airport has published the March 2018 statistics which show total pax figures at 343,953 up from 334,553 in March 2017

[GrahamK]

Originally Posted by Jamesair

The airport has published the March 2018 statistics which show total pax figures at 343,953 up from 334,553 in March 2017

Growth slowing down again, and with further reductions from Ryanair this summer and next winter, could the airport start to see negtive growth again>?

[Jamesair]

possible....with flights being lost since last year and no replacements in sight...I'm thinking about reduced frequencies on Dublin, Amsterdam, Southampton and loss of Copenhagen

[EK77WNCL]

Any effects on the reduction from CPH will already be felt this year. What reductions have Ryanair made, other than Dublin? Is that not temporary for the winter?

SOU may not drop too much, but in fairness, I'd rather have 3 daily with healthy yields than a borderline 4 daily.

90,000 new seats for summer 2019 with TUI and LS should take the edge off.

I think we'll see slow growth still, disappointing after the boom but at the end of the day with the market trashing competition from EDI, as well as LBA and MAN. It'll be consolidation until next decade

[GrahamK]

It looks like Cork is lost for the winter and Madrid is either dropped or going summer only after October 26. Gdansk also not on sale for W18/19

[ash666]

Originally Posted by GrahamK

It looks like Cork is lost for the winter and Madrid is either dropped or going summer only after October 26. Gdansk also not on sale for W18/19

That would reinforce NCL's reputation as a "go anywhere you like as long as it has a beach and cheap beer" airport.

[HH6702]

I think we may still get some news from Ryanair's routes for this winter

[HH6702]

I think EasyJet is just going on sale this Thursday or next Thursday so still time

[SWBKCB]

Originally Posted by ash666

That would reinforce NCL's reputation as a "go anywhere you like as long as it has a beach and cheap beer" airport...

...that also serves HEATHROW, AMSTERDAM, BELFAST, DUBAI, DUBLIN
PARIS, GENEVA, BERLIN, WARSAW, WROCLAW, DUSSELDORF, BRUSSELS, KRAKOW.

Not a bad list, so not all sun and booze

[ash666]

Originally Posted by SWBKCB

...that also serves HEATHROW, AMSTERDAM, BELFAST, DUBAI, DUBLIN
PARIS, GENEVA, BERLIN, WARSAW, WROCLAW, DUSSELDORF, BRUSSELS, KRAKOW.

Not a bad list, so not all sun and booze

Give it time.
How long did Berlin last at the last attempt even though everyone who went said it's great?

[inOban]

Easyjet don't release new routes along with their major flight releases like Thursday's.

[SWBKCB]

How long did Berlin last at the last attempt even though everyone who went said it's great?

Lets try facts again - top ten destinations by number in 2017 were as follows:

HEATHROW * 491,597
ALICANTE * 379,433
AMSTERDAM * 367,002
PALMA DE MALLORCA * 325,697
DUBLIN * 264,398
MALAGA * 263,658
BELFAST INTERNATIONAL * 259,775
TENERIFE * 248,007
DUBAI * 237,856
FARO * 172,240