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[jensdad]

Originally Posted by chris1001

Had to laugh on Look North tonight when they showed a map of the EasyJet routes and it showed Faroe in the Shetland Islands!!!!

I'm pretty sure Easy don't fly to the Faroes. Just typed FAE into their booking engine and nowt came up...

[jensdad]

Just checked on iplayer and Look North got Faroe in the right place, but their geography isn't entirely better than Chris's as they've obviously mistaken Faroe for Faro.

[chris1001]

Originally Posted by jensdad

Just checked on iplayer and Look North got Faroe in the right place, but their geography isn't entirely better than Chris's as they've obviously mistaken Faroe for Faro.

Trust me, I know where Faro is and where Faroe is. I was having a go at the BBC for their shocking journalism.

[PinOnTheRight]

Originally Posted by chris1001

Trust me, I know where Faro is and where Faroe is. I was having a go at the BBC for their shocking journalism.

They must have corrected the map for the iplayer upload as it shows Faroe in the Faroe Islands, and not in the Shetland Islands as you claim.

[apaul]

It always did show Faroe in the Faroe Islands, but that's a long way from Faro. The map also showed the Canaries as a separate destination to Tenerife South. It was a hopeless piece of work.

[Jamesair1]

Assuming Easyjet only operates to BRISTOL, BELFAST. and NICE in Summer 21 the balance of routes not covered by other operators would be ....BARCELONA, SPLIT, GENEVA and JERSEY, all of which, under normal non Covid 19 conditions, would quickly find replacement operators.

[Saabdriver1]

Trust me, I know where Faro is and where Faroe is.

I think most of us have got that. My laugh or cry point was that the Faroe Islands are nothing to do with the Shetland Islands and I don't think that was confusion caused by Look North!

[10 DME ARC]

I see EK have pushed the re-start date for DXB-NCL to the 1st December! At the moment EDI still re-starts 1st October?

[jensdad]

Originally Posted by Saabdriver1

I think most of us have got that. My laugh or cry point was that the Faroe Islands are nothing to do with the Shetland Islands and I don't think that was confusion caused by Look North!

That was my point as well. Anyway, more serious issues at NCL than BBC's and Chris's geographical inaccuracy.

[ash666]

From the Chron:

"Talks are under way with airlines over taking on the international flights axed by easyJet from Newcastle International Airport.

Newcastle Airport confirmed it is in discussions with other airlines to establish their interest in regards to the impacted destinations.A spokeswoman said: "Over 80% of the international destinations affected are already served by our existing airline partners and we will continue discussions regarding their interest in the other impacted destinations."

[jensdad]

Blue Islands seem to be expanding pretty rapidly at the moment, hopefully they'll have room to stick a couple of Jersey - NCL flights into their schedule.

[Jamesair1]

If not....surely Loganair will jump at the chance but I think Jet2 with their larger a/c will seize the opportunity.

[apaul]

Larger a/c is a problem for Jersey. When Newcastle Falcons chartered a Boeing 737-800 to Jersey this spring they had to leave a lot of the intended passengers in Newcastle. Loganair more likely.

[LBIA]

Can't see Jet2 using Boeing 737-800 on a Newcastle - Jersey route. It could done on a w-leg using a Leeds based Boeing 737-300 though.

I suspect Loganair will most likely pick up the route.

[NCL-TRC]

I suspect Loganair or Blue island as already said would be interesting in filling the hole for Jersey.

Jet2 already fly to BCN, NCE and GVA from other UK bases so would potentially be a candidate for those routes, with BCN and NCE probably fitting quite well into their city breaks brand.

The remainder of the capacity to places like ALC, AGP etc would probably in normal times ended up being divided up between TUI, Jet2 and maybe Ryanair, but at the present time there probably isn’t the demand for these airlines to fill their already scheduled flights so I can’t see them adding any more capacity.

[FRatSTN]

Best hopes from RYR would be BCN and MLA. Maybe added frequency to ALC, AGP, FAO and PMI if anything at all.

[HH6702]

Originally Posted by FRatSTN

Best hopes from RYR would be BCN and MLA. Maybe added frequency to ALC, AGP, FAO and PMI if anything at all.

could we see another airline fresh at Newcastle.
You would say timing isn’t right but maybe someone will take the risk where Easyjet was operating

[highwideandugly]

Thoughts about Emirates..see Glasgow have 2/3 freight only flights every week.
I thought the Newcastle flight was always jam packed with freight..wonder why no flights through there? Is it all going to Glasgow?

[FFHKG]

Guess. it's where the freight originates depends on their airport of choice. EK move a lot of freight by road to the airport with the available capacity. Maybe, too little local originating freight to road haul the necessary volume to create a full hold from NCL at present.

[inOban]

Much of the freight out of Glasgow is, or was, salmon and shellfish.