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The Loganair/BA codeshare makes sense, anybody know why it has taken this long? It really is just a 'trophy' route at the moment with out any interlining. Gawd knows after that..
BA might not want to codeshare as it might take passengers away from their Newcastle route.
BA might not want to codeshare as it might take passengers away from their Newcastle route.
The mayor seems to have dropped the ball were GA is concerned with the latest blow being Saturday closures in May. The little man could be a great cash cow for the airport if they were to invest in more hangars and basic facilities for GA.
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Are we sure about the Saturday closures? Someone had better tell Loganair - Heathrow flights from 8th May, and Newquay flights from 22nd May and Jersey from 29th.
Also haven't the Saturday's been busy for the based flying schools, probably not generating much income for the airport, but will be important for Eden and Scenic..
Also haven't the Saturday's been busy for the based flying schools, probably not generating much income for the airport, but will be important for Eden and Scenic..
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There is usually the purdah period so I don’t think he can. Of course he can announce his intention or desire to do X or Y but for the month or so before he can’t actually announce much as formal decisions.
There is usually the purdah period so I don’t think he can. Of course he can announce his intention or desire to do X or Y but for the month or so before he can’t actually announce much as formal decisions.
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Purdah effectively kicks in 3 weeks before the election so 15 April. However CFU was announced after that but I guess that’s probably OK, the mayor was publicising something by a private company that was already in the public domain. Different if he was personally announcing the arrival of someone like EasyJet (as an example), I guess the airport MD would do that right now.
There's extensive comments from the Mayor on the removal of the passenger facility fee on 23 April - here's a small quote from the Gazette. Doubt whether the people who hated 'the tax' where inward investors to the region...
Mayor Houchen - who is standing as the Conservative candidate against Labour's Jessie Joe Jacobs in the Mayoral election on May 6 - said he had delivered on his pledge to scrap the fee. “When the tax was introduced back in 2010 everyone hated it, it drove passengers to Newcastle Airport and led to airlines leaving Teesside. Exactly what supporters of our airport said would happen," he said.
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March CAA stats:
Terminal passengers: 1,559 - down 70% v prior year.
Terminal passengers: 1,559 - down 70% v prior year.
- Aberdeen: 1,328 (up 62% v Mar 20)
- Heathrow: 96
- Cardiff: 64
- Southampton: 71
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I'm from the Durham coast but live in Northern Ireland and fly back and forward every couple of weeks - I REALLY want the BHD-MME route to work but easyJet from International (which for many in the province living outside of Belfast is closer) to NCL is always half the price (sometimes 60-70% less). That's some difference for many in two areas which are not as a whole overly affluent
