Newcastle-9

[JonnyH]

February to April and October to November have been added for Northern Lignts trips by Jet2.

[VickersVicount]

DXB down 1 % Dec CAA Stats
(GLA and EDI both up)

[GrahamK]

LH to Munich finally starts. Let's hope all the advertising by the airport has paid off.

[Cautious Optimist]

I hear tomorrow it's a CRJ so possibly not!

[SWBKCB]

Originally Posted by Cautious Optimist

I hear tomorrow it's a CRJ so possibly not!

Been planned as such for months. I think also the next few Tuesday's - quietest day of the week at the quietest time of the year.

[tigertanaka]

I was on the NCL=MUC flight today. If the plane holds 138 passengers, I would say there were 110 on board (including 20 competition winners). There were quite a few passengers on the inbound fligh5 too which was encouraging.

There were a couple of speeches at the gate together and the airport had laid on a nice buffet and Buck’s Fizz. All passengers were presented with a traditional gingerbread and an inaugural flight certificate.

[ash666]

Sounds good. I hope they make a go of it.
How far from the airport to the city or, if you were just passing on to somewhere else what was that experience like?

[LiamNCL]

CR9 today then a E195 next week other than that its A319

[tigertanaka]

Originally Posted by ash666

Sounds good. I hope they make a go of it.
How far from the airport to the city or, if you were just passing on to somewhere else what was that experience like?

Terminal 2 (mainly Star Alliance) is really modern and smart, a totally different world to Terminal 1 (most other airlines) which feels very old in comparison.

I was on my way to ARN so only stayed in the airport (which has it's own brewery by the way). However I have been to Munich a few times before, it is about 40 minutes on the train to the city centre (from memory, tickets were pretty cheap). It is a great city and brilliant for a weekend break.

[ash666]

Originally Posted by tigertanaka

Terminal 2 (mainly Star Alliance) is really modern and smart, a totally different world to Terminal 1 (most other airlines) which feels very old in comparison.

I was on my way to ARN so only stayed in the airport (which has it's own brewery by the way). However I have been to Munich a few times before, it is about 40 minutes on the train to the city centre (from memory, tickets were pretty cheap). It is a great city and brilliant for a weekend break.

Thanks.
ARN = Stockholm?
How was the transfer process?

[tigertanaka]

Originally Posted by ash666

Thanks.
ARN = Stockholm?
How was the transfer process?

Yes Stockholm Arlanda. The transfer process was fine, no bag scanning required and just a quick passport check to enter the Schengen area. I did have a short train ride to the departure gate but it took 2 minutes.

[ash666]

Originally Posted by tigertanaka

Yes Stockholm Arlanda. The transfer process was fine, no bag scanning required and just a quick passport check to enter the Schengen area. I did have a short train ride to the departure gate but it took 2 minutes.

Thanks very much.
I will have to have a look at their departure board to see where they fly to.

[LiamNCL]

Lufthansa doing their bit posting on social media a picture of the Tyne & Millenium bridge as its City of the Month which has recieved over 17,000 likes.

[tigertanaka]

Originally Posted by ash666

Thanks very much.
I will have to have a look at their departure board to see where they fly to.

Just another point, the prices were extremely competitive. I fly to Sweden about 15 times a year and I paid £212 on Lufthansa - BA and KLM are normally £300+ when booking a couple of weeks beforehand. NCL-MUC-ARN return was far cheaper than doing the same dates for just NCL-MUC and a one way ticket was far more than a return.

[GrahamK]

Jet2 have added the following Xmas market breaks for Nov/Dec 2020:

Vienna- 8 flights
Copenhagen - 1 flight
Strasbourg - 1 flight
Berlin Brandenbourg - 2 flights
Cologne - 1 flight
Nurembourg - 1 flight
Budapest - 10 flights

In addition to the Newark and Iceland trips already announced

[GrahamK]

Ryanair to Girona seems to have been removed from sale again

[Falcon900LX]

Originally Posted by tigertanaka

I was on the NCL=MUC flight today. If the plane holds 138 passengers, I would say there were 110 on board (including 20 competition winners). There were quite a few passengers on the inbound fligh5 too which was encouraging.

There were a couple of speeches at the gate together and the airport had laid on a nice buffet and Buck’s Fizz. All passengers were presented with a traditional gingerbread and an inaugural flight certificate.

Pax fig was 89 from NCL & 56 inbound NCL.

[VickersVicount]

Originally Posted by Falcon900LX

Pax fig was 89 from NCL & 56 inbound NCL.

Pretty low for a high publicity inaugural...? Mmm.

[SWBKCB]

Originally Posted by VickersVicount

Pretty low for a high publicity inaugural...? Mmm.

and if it had been full both ways the comment would have been "What do you expect for a high publicity inaugural...?"

Clearly one days pax figures mean nowt....

[Falcon900LX]

Originally Posted by SWBKCB

and if it had been full both ways the comment would have been "What do you expect for a high publicity inaugural...?"

Clearly one days pax figures mean nowt....

day 2 was 26, today was 60. It won’t be overnight that these things come good. Time will tell obviously but I’m confident this route will over time improve.