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[ash666]

Originally Posted by 10 DME ARC

666 Just say you have batteries in the bag, which you have in the camera so it can't go in the hold! They could ask you to remove the batteries but I doubt it!

Brilliant!
Good point, well made.

[guy_incognito]

Originally Posted by ash666

Maybe if I told the girl trying to take my bag that I would hold her personally responsible for the £6500 worth of fragile things in the bag she would have a change of mind!

So you think it's perfectly acceptable to threaten somebody who is just doing their job?

[ash666]

Originally Posted by guy_incognito

So you think it's perfectly acceptable to threaten somebody who is just doing their job?

There's always one.
How many smilies etc does it take for the intellectually challenged to get these things?

[ash666]

Just been into a travel agent to see about currency and the chatty girl behind the counter said she had been looking at a summer trip and, like I said earlier, it was hugely cheaper to travel from EDI than NCL.
Simple supply and demand???

[SWBKCB]

Yes - Newcastle and the North East is a small market (which is why EDI gets the bigger jet). The difference in school summer holidays also impacts on the Scottish/North East markets.

[NCL-TRC]

Originally Posted by ash666

There's always one.
How many smilies etc does it take for the intellectually challenged to get these things?

There’s a nice big wardrobe at the front of the KLM E-190s, I’m sure if you ask ground staff nicely they’ll be able to speak with the crew and arrange for it to go in there should the overheads be full.
Telling someone who’s been up since 3am, probably on minimum wage and also worried about their job security with all that’s happening at the moment that you’ll hold them personally responsible for doing as they’ve been instructed by KLM really isn’t helpful, especially given the current climate.

[SWBKCB]

The slow recovery continues - first British Airways flight back on the departure board today, along with Air France and KLM.

Jet2 re-started yesterday joinging Ryanair and Easy on flights to the Med, with Duty Free and a couple of bars now open.

FedEx freighter re-started last week.

[Jamesair1]

Just looking at the Easyjet summer 2021 timetable. There seems to be 77 flights per week, the major differences are the MALTA and TENERIFE SOUTH are no longer operated after the end of MAR 21.
Weekly frequencies are:-
ALICANTE........6
BARCELONA...5
BELFAST.........19
BRISTOL.........14
CORFU...........2
FARO...........,.6
GENEVA.......2
JERSEY.........4
NICE.............3
PALMA..........8
MALAGA.......6
SPLIT...........2

MALTA & TENERIFE SOUTH.........cancelled

[Fletch]

Am I correct in thinking Newcastle is/was one of the crew bases schedule to close?

[SWBKCB]

I believe the position is "proposed, subject to consultation". Bit surprised to see such a full timetable for next summer. Is this just a placeholder or can this be done with non-based units?

[apaul]

TENERIFE was always winter only and MALTA was already stopping in March 2021. The routes from Newcastle, Southend and Stansted presumably have to be available as usual so as not to prejudice the ongoing consultation. If the base closures go ahead routes and timetables will be altered.

[GrahamK]

Emirates pushed back to 1st October now. Last UK destination to be restarted

[Jamesair1]

I see that Easyjet re-start BRISTOL tomorrow

[ash666]

Can someone remind me if we did Milan last year?

[Jamesair1]

last Milan flights.....Bergamo....were several years ago with RYANAIR as far as I remember

[ash666]

Shame.
Nice to see Split there, though.

[Matt4]

EK are selling flights again for September on their website. They werent before but now they are

[forbesd]

I am looking at flying to Nice. Jet2 have cancelled all Nice flights from the regions for the rest of this year.
I understand that EasyJet have announced that Newcastle is a base that is due to close subject to consultation.
But I see that they are still selling flights, on what appears to be Newcastle based planes, for August September and October, not to mention next summer.
How long will the consultation take? How safe is it to book any of these flights or is it likely that they will be cancelled with little if any notice?
Sorry if I have missed something.

[BAladdy]

Originally Posted by Matt4

EK are selling flights again for September on their website. They werent before but now they are

Looks like they have removed them again. First available flight is 1st October

[SWBKCB]

Originally Posted by forbesd

I am looking at flying to Nice. Jet2 have cancelled all Nice flights from the regions for the rest of this year.
I understand that EasyJet have announced that Newcastle is a base that is due to close subject to consultation.
But I see that they are still selling flights, on what appears to be Newcastle based planes, for August September and October, not to mention next summer.
How long will the consultation take? How safe is it to book any of these flights or is it likely that they will be cancelled with little if any notice?
Sorry if I have missed something.

90 days consultation plus the notice period will run to the end of this summer. The flights next summer appear to originate in Newcastle, but how solid is any airlines current schedule for next summer??