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Good to see! To be honest I’m surprised it isn’t BCN x4 and BGY x3 but I think it’s an absolute given that there’s much more to give on NCL-BCN so all but guaranteed growth there, and if BGY has performed strongly enough to justify 4 weekly, and holds it up. Then brilliant!!
Third aircraft would be fantastic, let’s see. I hope Ryanair are looking at onboard spend because Geordies spend onboard like nobody else.
I wonder if Riga will come back, fares were always quite low from what I saw and it is a long-ish route. Fingers crossed, it’s nice to have a bit diversity.
A return of Madrid, Warsaw and Cork would be top of my wish list if we are in for any new routes. Closely followed by a couple of either Rome, Venice, Budapest, Pisa, Berlin, Hamburg, Brussels or Valencia. A bit of competition on a Greek island or two, maybe Corfu or Rhodes, wouldn’t go amiss either.
Ryanair have potential at NCL, and they will make money. We just have to convince them to stay, because as we know, there is always *more* money elsewhere. But there is still money to be made out of NCL.
I would really like to see NCL-STN come back as well
Third aircraft would be fantastic, let’s see. I hope Ryanair are looking at onboard spend because Geordies spend onboard like nobody else.
I wonder if Riga will come back, fares were always quite low from what I saw and it is a long-ish route. Fingers crossed, it’s nice to have a bit diversity.
A return of Madrid, Warsaw and Cork would be top of my wish list if we are in for any new routes. Closely followed by a couple of either Rome, Venice, Budapest, Pisa, Berlin, Hamburg, Brussels or Valencia. A bit of competition on a Greek island or two, maybe Corfu or Rhodes, wouldn’t go amiss either.
Ryanair have potential at NCL, and they will make money. We just have to convince them to stay, because as we know, there is always *more* money elsewhere. But there is still money to be made out of NCL.
I would really like to see NCL-STN come back as well
Some frequency increases:
ALC 9x wk
DUB 10x wk
BCN 3x wk
PMI 6x wk
WRO/CHQ/IBZ/ZAD/KRK/GDN/FUE/LPA/TFS/ACE all 2x wk
BGY 4x wk
AGP 3x wk
Based aircraft seems to fly a mixture of all destinations, with exception of BCN, ACE and ZAD which are purely non based aircraft.
Not sure how all this compares to Summer 23.
S24 does look like a capacity increase overall at NCL with extra based aircraft from TUI and increase in frequency from SunExpress and new flights by Southwind.
Ryanair seems to have put all the Summer 24 flights on the timetable now from June onwards. Riga and Shannon have gone but the Polish routes are all back and Faro?? The big question is whether there will be any new routes to be announced.
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They can’t be finished yet. I’m sure we’ll be seeing Faro back. Very shocked if not. Plus they need to sort April and May out. Give it a few days or weeks and it’ll all come out in the wash I’m sure
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From the TUI thread, looks like NCL will get 3 based 737MAX and 2 737-800, as well as the already mentioned partially based 788. Additional flights by Freebird again and Albastar for next summer, it’s quite an increase in capacity.
Also noticed EI have not yet put BHD on sale, DUB remains daily.
Also noticed EI have not yet put BHD on sale, DUB remains daily.
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Half-term varies across the country - and it's only a week - no airline is going to build it's timetables around that - many have enough problems with 6-7 week school summer holidays which vary from June into September across the UK
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I've always assumed that the weeks between the end of the summer school holidays and the October break are filled by the many people who don't have school-age children and can take advantage of the lower prices. Most of the population in fact.
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From the TUI thread, looks like NCL will get 3 based 737MAX and 2 737-800, as well as the already mentioned partially based 788. Additional flights by Freebird again and Albastar for next summer, it’s quite an increase in capacity.
Also noticed EI have not yet put BHD on sale, DUB remains daily.
Also noticed EI have not yet put BHD on sale, DUB remains daily.
788 is based all week and will be doing Turkish flights when not long haul
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Turnover trebles at Newcastle International Airport as Covid recovery continues
4.18m passengers through the gates during the year.
https://www.business-live.co.uk/reta...rport-27919280
4.18m passengers through the gates during the year.
https://www.business-live.co.uk/reta...rport-27919280
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Ryanair seems to have fully loaded their S24 schedule, with exception of FAO. The 2 based aircraft are fully utilised looking at the schedules, RIX and SNN appear to have been terminated.
TUI also scheduled to use Freebird again for a few of their services to DLM/AYT, with AlbaStar also listed as operating a weekly flight.
NCL traffic seems to be building up again, with increases from LS, TUI and FR. I seem to recall levels of 7 million passengers a year at one point in NCL history, have we surpassed that?
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Semi charter service on behalf of Holiday Best. Coincidentally, Holiday Best originally were selling 4 weekly services to Turkey shown as operated by Southwind, however these have now decreased to just 1 AYT service.
Ryanair seems to have fully loaded their S24 schedule, with exception of FAO. The 2 based aircraft are fully utilised looking at the schedules, RIX and SNN appear to have been terminated.
TUI also scheduled to use Freebird again for a few of their services to DLM/AYT, with AlbaStar also listed as operating a weekly flight.
NCL traffic seems to be building up again, with increases from LS, TUI and FR. I seem to recall levels of 7 million passengers a year at one point in NCL history, have we surpassed that?
Ryanair seems to have fully loaded their S24 schedule, with exception of FAO. The 2 based aircraft are fully utilised looking at the schedules, RIX and SNN appear to have been terminated.
TUI also scheduled to use Freebird again for a few of their services to DLM/AYT, with AlbaStar also listed as operating a weekly flight.
NCL traffic seems to be building up again, with increases from LS, TUI and FR. I seem to recall levels of 7 million passengers a year at one point in NCL history, have we surpassed that?
How do we know FAO just hasn't been loaded yet and isn't terminated? FAO appears to be loaded for some other UK airports such as BHX and EMA....
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Well Faro hasn’t been loaded with Ryanair for S24 from any of the following
BFS
BRS
BOH
LBA
EXT
PIK
to name but a few so it will happen , it hasn’t been discontinued just a slow release
BFS
BRS
BOH
LBA
EXT
PIK
to name but a few so it will happen , it hasn’t been discontinued just a slow release
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Newcastle Airport wins Best Airport under 5 Million Passenger at Routes World Conference in Istanbul.
Massive achievement, and was the only UK airport nominated. This award is voted for by airlines themselves which shows how much respect they have for the team and the opportunity at Newcastle
Massive achievement, and was the only UK airport nominated. This award is voted for by airlines themselves which shows how much respect they have for the team and the opportunity at Newcastle