What is the total capacity of EK's high density A330's?

Still no news on HH6702's promised easyjet expansion or indeed anything from AB?!

Hopefully pax stats will remain steady, we don't want to loose our place as the UK's fastest expanding regional or have we lost that already?

EK
 

Transwede

The max they take is 278 which is 24J & 254Y I believe.

Can't help with the low density 3 class ones but it is all on seatguru.

There was a slight rumour that they might get some 333's and they
could or would have over 300 even in EK lay out. However I think
that rumour was a bit weak and came about due to the expected
date of the 350 deliveries.

Normally the next step would be the 346 seat 772 but three of the
two class ones are leaving the EK fleet next year per reports on other forums. This would leave them to convert some three class ones
(no mention of this) or the 427 (or 433) two class 77W failing that a second service a few years down the line.

Pete

Total is 278. 27 club seats and 251 economy.

Just out of interest has anyone heard if the Business class seats are selling well and if the cargo side is doing ok?....both elements are crucial to the success of the route.

Cimber Air NCL-CPH Summer 2008
 

Just had email confirmation from Cimber Air that the NCL-CPH will become x2 Monday to Friday from April 2008. Weekends remain x1 Sat & Sun.

12345-- 09:35 (12:10) QI722 CRJ 12345-- (08:20) 09:05 QI721 CRJ
12345-- 19:15 (21:50) QI726 CRJ 12345-- (17:55) 18:35 QI725 CRJ
-----6- 15:35 (18:10) QI724 CRJ -----6- (14:20) 15:05 QI723 CRJ
------7 17:05 (19:40) QI726 CRJ ------7 (15:45) 16:30 QI725 CRJ

Second flight goes on sale from end of this week according to the email response.

Kev

Good news on the CPH service upgrade. Thats 2 of NCL's full service scheduled carriers which have increased frequency on business orientated european scheduled services. It just goes to show that given the right aircraft and destination, regional services to european business centres can work from NCL. I'd personally hazard a guess and say the likes of FRA, ZRH and MAD could be a winner with CRJ or similar equipment!??

Ryanair is to axe its BGY flights, eff. from the end of the winter schedule.
Means that only 2 FR routes left in NCL (DUB&GRO). Will we ever see a further Ryanair's expansion fromTyneside or just flts cancellations ?

Ryanair
 

Seems that Ryanair have more faith in DTVA than NCL

BGY - Looks like the A/C is being used to start the new Manchester service same times etc as our old service!:ouch:
Inglebysmog - How many ALC a week will that give MME??? Wouldn't like to think how many ALC and MJV's NCL has!:ok:

I did not question the number of flights a week, I just made a comment about the number of destinations served from the North East by Ryanair.

Was my comment incorrect?????????

It is a region that is very much dominated by LS and EZY. There is also a difference between the Jordies and the rest of the country - Jordies seem to stick with the Package holiday more than they do with the LCC option.

I'm not saying that there isn't a market for FR in the region because they can usually make most routes popular with their extremely low fares.

Maybe FR's next intention after MAN and EDI will be MME?:oh:

Jordies? who are they??

Sorry - Geordies. :}

Dissappointing to see FR are to drop the BGY route?!:{ Maybe some other carrier will take it up, NCL lacks in flights to Italy, which is quite a strong low cost destination.

For Summer 2008, the total amount of direct destinations will stand at 68 - NCL having lost, for one reason or another direct flights to Luxor, Chania, Santorini, Rome, Almeria, Valencia, Inverness, Hamilton, Berlin, Oslo, Molde (can we count that one?) and now Bergamo. On the plus side we have gained extra frequency to DUS and CPH, as well as Punta Cana, Cancun, Plymouth and Newquay.

68 is a dramatic drop on previous summers, was this past summer not close to 90 direct destinations - taking into account some destinations offered only partially through the year, such as GVA and CMF?

Hopefully, though expansion seems to have died down, it will not take too long for axed routes, which have appeared to run successfully according to pax stats to be picked up by alternative carriers.

Incidentally, following the mergers of the charters, the number of nitestopping aircraft planned currently stands at 22 (3xTOM, 2xTCX, 6xEZY, 4xT3, 3 x LS plus the BA, AF and KL metal), so the stands at NCL will be able to breathe a sigh of relief next summer.

NPT FK27 too, from the 2nd half of the night, and also I suppose you could count the Jetline Saab 340?!

transwede:

Rome is being served for summer 2008 so thats a total of 69 direct routes at the minute!

3rd edition holiday brochures will be coming out in the next few weeks.
i would expect to see a few extra flights being added.

TCX summer 2008
 

heard that there will be 2x 757 based all week and a A320 based over the weekend to cover the extra flights anybody else heard this?

Airtours Holidays
 

the above has added Kefalonia from NCL using XL flights on a sunday.
new uk departure point to Kefalonia for s08

:):)

New flight to Naples just been added!!!
sundays

arrives 16:45 departs 17:45 carrier TBA
found on MYT website

Transwede and the other doom and gloom people on here lets not get too carried away with all the bad news just yet.

Im sure theres a lot more good news still to come in time for summer 08!!
:):):)

Yet another New Turkish Flight
 

Thomas Cook Airlines
Departing: 08-Jun-2008 20:15
From: Newcastle
To: Turkey - Antalya
Arriving: 09-Jun-2008 02:30

Departing: 16-Jun-2008 03:30
From: Turkey - Antalya
To: Newcastle
Arriving: 16-Jun-2008 06:05


Dont think the figures will be much different for S08 as for S07 at this rate!!?
:)