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DRTF, of course, is one of Transaero's 18 year old 737-800's, stored for 2.1/2 years before Jet2 bought it. I guess you get what you pay for. Let's hope it wasn't a lot.
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DRTF, of course, is one of Transaero's 18 year old 737-800's, stored for 2.1/2 years before Jet2 bought it. I guess you get what you pay for. Let's hope it wasn't a lot.
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AFAIK the Lion Air 737 was brand new.
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I think its more tounge in cheek about Jet2's lack of newer aircraft being based here not that there is anything wrong with DRTF or it being 18 year old. G-DRTN has just ferried to Manchester maybe thats our next new one 
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BTW G-DRTN is another mid-life frame ex-Rossiya so you Geordies might get lucky there.😊
Airfleets show it as LEASED from GECAS. Is this a change in direction by Jet2?
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Also Consultative Committee Meeting Minutes have not been published since last year (4th drop down menu in link) :
https://www.newcastleairport.com/abo...ive-committee/
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On a separate note, are any of the Jet2 New York shopping trips operating on the 330 this year, or just the 757?
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As I’ve said previously, the problem that Newcastle has is that it now only has one ground handling agent, aside from fines from airlines/airport itself for breaking any SLA agreements Swissport has no other real reason to provide as quick and efficient service. And Swissport will want to keep their costs to a minimum, it’s not like they have the threat of loosing an airline contract to an alternative provider. It’s either accept Swissport and it’s fees and service levels, or self handle at the airport or potentially leave the market. I do think that Jet2 should self handle at Newcastle, that would take a large proportion in the summer off Swissport.
On a separate note, are any of the Jet2 New York shopping trips operating on the 330 this year, or just the 757?
EZY & BA handling contracts expire in the new year at newcastle so Swissport have every reason to provide a quick and efficient service. Jet2 pay pennies for handling at NCL, so at the minute it doesn't seem viable for them to then buy a lot of their own equipment. At the start of the summer they cut costs even more by running the APU's on first wave instead of having a GPU connected. In november and december jet2 will be getting a delivery of their own branded steps, which of course it has been said on this forum for some time.
Airline handling isn't a lucrative business, having 2 minutes to open a hold door, 2 minutes to open door 1 and up to 3 minutes to open door 2 on an easyjet isn't easy especially when you're supposed to wait 90 seconds for the aircraft to spool down. The dispatchers and ramp team are the same people who worked for aviator & some of which worked for north east aviation services. These people know how to do their jobs. Perhaps the issue lies with paying peanuts for tickets. Maybe if the people of the North East put their hands into their pockets and some more lucrative carriers came into the airport there wouldn't be such an issue with airline handling. It will never be perfect and I personally don't agree with swissport being the only handling agent at NCL, but there's nothing wrong with the service it provides. A lot of the time the 25 minute Easyjet turnaround is hampered by the airport not turning up with the services they say will provide, the morning NCL/PMI or sometimes NCL/ALC is preceded by the aircraft inbound from BFS, I'm not sure if it's been noticed but a domestic in and international out the inbound passengers have to be coached to a different gate.
The light should be shone on NIALs attitude to handling passengers and pax assistance as well as their shortcomings in that department but then what do I know.
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Has anyone got any info on the EZY divert to Lisbon on its way to TFS? Was it medical? Asking for a colleague who is in TFS awaiting the return leg which is now delayed until tomorrow afternoon.
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BA aren’t certainly going to pay more for a handling contract, not sure what other lucrative carriers would be willing to pay more for a service either. They are all trying to save pennies and BA are particularly ruthless when it comes to these sort of things. Plus NCL doesn’t appear to be on the favourite list with them either at the moment with the such erratic schedule for the winter. I appreciate that handling is not a lucrative business, same as aircraft cleaning (which can be atrocious not just at Newcastle but at all domestic stations including Heathrow) I appreciate they don’t get a long time to complete this, but they manage it a lot better on the continent with the same amount of time. Maybe the RFP process will result in another provider coming to the airport. But I can never see the North East public shelling out more money for tickets. Nor going anywhere more than two weeks on a beach due to the cancellations of Berlin, Madrid and Warsaw.
Ive not had any issues with the PRM handling when I come into Newcastle, for BA, NCL and LBA are the only airports which provide prm assistance in house and they are usually pretty high up with the customer satisfaction. Bussing is obvious it will have its shortfalls due to the amount of busses the airport seem to own. Is it 3 or 4?
Will be interstung to see see how it pans out in the future.
Ive not had any issues with the PRM handling when I come into Newcastle, for BA, NCL and LBA are the only airports which provide prm assistance in house and they are usually pretty high up with the customer satisfaction. Bussing is obvious it will have its shortfalls due to the amount of busses the airport seem to own. Is it 3 or 4?
Will be interstung to see see how it pans out in the future.
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Checked the aircraft on FR24 - arrived TFS 18.54.
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BA aren’t certainly going to pay more for a handling contract, not sure what other lucrative carriers would be willing to pay more for a service either. They are all trying to save pennies and BA are particularly ruthless when it comes to these sort of things. Plus NCL doesn’t appear to be on the favourite list with them either at the moment with the such erratic schedule for the winter. I appreciate that handling is not a lucrative business, same as aircraft cleaning (which can be atrocious not just at Newcastle but at all domestic stations including Heathrow) I appreciate they don’t get a long time to complete this, but they manage it a lot better on the continent with the same amount of time. Maybe the RFP process will result in another provider coming to the airport. But I can never see the North East public shelling out more money for tickets. Nor going anywhere more than two weeks on a beach due to the cancellations of Berlin, Madrid and Warsaw.
Ive not had any issues with the PRM handling when I come into Newcastle, for BA, NCL and LBA are the only airports which provide prm assistance in house and they are usually pretty high up with the customer satisfaction. Bussing is obvious it will have its shortfalls due to the amount of busses the airport seem to own. Is it 3 or 4?
Will be interstung to see see how it pans out in the future.
Ive not had any issues with the PRM handling when I come into Newcastle, for BA, NCL and LBA are the only airports which provide prm assistance in house and they are usually pretty high up with the customer satisfaction. Bussing is obvious it will have its shortfalls due to the amount of busses the airport seem to own. Is it 3 or 4?
Will be interstung to see see how it pans out in the future.
Airlines are providing lower prices whilst making great margins as a whole and Swissport's half year results suggest they don't have a problem making money. Same with the airport. This also comes with amazing safety. Ryanair and easyJet have carried more passengers than any other airline by far without losing a single passenger. The model of low cost airlines is a sustainable one for the suppliers, airports and the airlines and it's here to stay.
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Wouldn't have thought that length of return delay to be due to a divert, essentially en route, for a medical issue. Maybe the crew is out of hours for the return after the time on ground in Lisbon. 2 x 4.1/2 hr flights + turn round time. Add to that maybe an hour or two in Lisbon.
Checked the aircraft on FR24 - arrived TFS 18.54.
Checked the aircraft on FR24 - arrived TFS 18.54.