How much is the UK's Tax and is it lightly to be reduced or scrapped in the near future?

The new short haul economy ADT is £12. Unfortunately the Govt sees this as a good revenue earner so the chances of getting rid of it appear slim.

summer charter timetable 2011
 

airport website been updated.
nothing great

HH6702, when was the last time Cyprus Airways flew into Newcastle? And I'm guessing the 757-300 has never been a common visitor either :ok:

Anyways, December provisional numbers are out:
Brussels: 3296 +140%
Copenhagen: 1628 -3%
Paris CDG: 12768 -3%
Dusseldorf: 3502 +34%
Dublin: 9284 -6%
Amsterdam: 19377 -2%
Dubai: 14447 +15% (I think this operated every day in December which roughly works out at average loads of 83.81% or 233 pax a flight, that's going on the theory that a HD 332 operated every day).
London Heathrow: 28914 -21% Obviously hit by the snow closures in the SE.
London Gatwick: 6215 -28%

Overall for the year, 4.34million pax, down 4.8%.

Eurocypria were a subsidary of CY, and the CY flights just seem to replicate their previous schedule.

LH and SN figures below make interesting reading - show the importance of operating the right sizes aircraft at the right times, as opposed to just the volume of available seats??

I wonder what Jet2 will use the good Wed and Sun slots, ex Tunisia for?

Bodrum or Antalya would be good, lack of daytime flights to both.

I cant mention the websites name as it changes it to PPRuNe when i publish the message, but its a one Celebrities enjoy and post comments alot. Well on the airports page one message says

"We willhave exciting news tomorrow form NCL and Emirates tomorrow- Keep your eyes open"

What do people think it could be? Is it the possible upgrade from A330?

More than likely, those A330's are starting to leave the fleet, so Id put good money on the announcement being a use of a B777 varient, possible even being the B773.

500,000th Emirates passenger

Yeah just seen the post 500,000th passenger, that lucky person probs will get a bottle of champagne and free return flights i believe that is what they give the 250,000th passenger. Wished i was traveling today lol.

Also mentioned that they would like to upgrade the route depending on future growth by 2013. So a little while longer yet, unless they start having to turn away freight then it could be upgraded sooner.

anyone know what the plane is for TOM195 from Barbados due in tomorrow(Sat) 06.30?

I believe it could be G-OOBM

737/757/etc?
Trying to figure out where the TOM flight departures early tomorrow morning are coming in from. Can't imagine it's a 737 from Barbados!

G-OOBM is an 767-300W, Ex First Choice aircraft Still in FCA Livery now fitting with Winglets! Will then postion out empty proberly to MAN!

NCL did have two 757's based for TOM first Month of 2011! I think were now back to 1 738 and one 757w

so which are the respective incoming flights that depart for Alicante and Salzburg???

TOM1559 Inbound from TFS operated by the Base 757 will do the Salzburg i think!

And im not sure where the 738 has been today! Might have just been at NCL today that will operate the ALC in the morning!

thanks, I thought it was a 737 to Salzburg.

Cimber
 

Anybody know why Cimber are using so many 737's recently (5 in the last 10 days) - demand or just short of CRJ's?

Shortage of CRJs I'd presume. The Cimber flight is downgraded to an ATR42 for next summer...:yuk: