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Hi,

I dont know if this has been answered on this forum but why has the stansted route been axed by Easyjet. I fly with easyjet a lot from newcastle to stansted only due to Durham Tees Valley having no routes to london. But i thought on average this flight was 60-80 percent full. It was allway quite busy when I was using this service. Ive flew with BA once and they were using an A321 on the route and that was 95% full. I dont know about the flybe route if thats busy. But with the loss of easyjet there is going to be a lot more demand for BA and Flybe. will these airlines cope with the increase of Demand. Also I think its getting worse and worse for the North East and Routes to London. We have only 2 routes to the capital now.

Most routes to london seem to be getting cut/dropped now due to the high charges imposed on domestic travel.

MAN-LHR on BD is down to 4 daily ERJ's
GLA-LHR on BD cut all
together
NCL-STN on U2 cut altogether
LBA-LGW on BE cut altogether

NCL - STN was due to go last October but for whatever reason EZY kept flights for the winter.

its crazy. it costs me about £100 to get a train to london and that takes 3 1/2. And flying BA for example will now cost £80. I travel on planes not because its cheaper. Its because its faster and a better experience.

I used the newcastle-stansted 6 times over the winter. Ah well I will have to try BA and Flybe on this route now

David Crosby(really???)
I'm not sure flying is a better experience. I'm flying from LHR in April and will get the train down and the coach back. Less chance of luggage going missing, you don't have to arrive 2 hours before the flight, the games they play at security etc...

YEP, David Crosby but not the singer. I get that a lot. I never have an issue with lost luggage, also I allways arrive 1 hour before the flight and have no issue.
Newcastle Sercurity I allways find like to search me. Every time I go they have to search me. Everytime without a doubt

Don't forget that the "total journey time" is often longer by plane depending on where you start and end so you can't make a generic statement about it being quicker.

yes, All depends on place.

it's the security inconsistencies between airports and within the same airport that irritates me.
And only having 2 machines working when there are long queues.
And coming back and there are huge queues at passport control(and no toilets there at all-is NCL the only airport in the world where people get into the airport with a possible long delay ahead and there are no toilet facilities??)

Except for the large Female/Male toilets smack bang in the middle of the arrivals lounge:ok:

Tonker
I think you are missing the point completely.

East Coast trains are also hitting the london routes with increased trains from Newcastle and introducing new express services which will get you to London in 2hrs 45min (early morning flying scotsman). City centre to City centre journey times like this are getting the bulk of the business traffic the airlines used to.

Most journeys are not 'city centre to city centre' just like most journeys are not 'airport to airport'. It is thus iniquitous to compare rail and air other than on a strictly case-by-case basis. The key thing is that airports and railway stations should be integrated into a transport system that makes changing from one 'mode' to another is simple and straightforward.

I'm sure we can all think of good and bad examples of this:

Good: Southampton - on-site railway station and motorway nearby;
Bad: Teesside - infrequent buses and undeveloped rail potential.

You can get buses every hour from middlesbrough. Ive used it when creating a documentary of Durham Tees Valley. It was a lot cheaper than parking

I understood that these were not well patronised even when there were flights, however I gather you could spend a week waiting for a train!:)

...Not much use when you want a bus to Darlington to catch the train to Newcastle. Crazy thing is that the bus times are not synchronised with the times of arriving or departing planes; neither are they conveniently timed for those working at the airport.

I noticed a bus stop outside Newcastle Airport recently, and when I looked at the timetable on it was pleasantly surprised to find some bus times. Mainly to places like Hexham and Blyth, and not very frequent; but it's a start. While it's all very well for locals to get dropped off and picked up by friends and family in the car, many visitors appreciate a decent public transport option, which I feel the Metro provides.

February Provisional Stats from the CAA:

Brussels: 3257 +35%
Copenhagen: 1146 -20%
Paris CDG: 13138 +9%
Dusseldorf: 2955 +35%
Dublin: 10674 +6%
Amsterdam: 17542 +3%
Dubai: 13326 +3% (85.6% loads based on an A332HD operating every flight).
Gatwick: 6094 -21%
Heathrow: 35229 +2%
Stansted: 9976 -8%
Bristol: 15879 +1%


Pax figures in total, down 3.2% on Feb last year, but there is still some encouraging figures on the scheduled side of things. :ok:

Wonder why such drops on cph and lgw?

In the case of lgw they seem to have dropped frequency from 4 daily m-f to 3