Could we have a crew route please

Edinburgh, Bristol, Liverpool and East Midlands all have larger catchment areas than NCL, which is probably why they're doing a bit better through the mean times. However, which of those airports have a fairly successful Dubai route, or long haul in general (apart from the EDI-EWR route)? :ok:

Things will get better, it'll just take time.

NCL Management
 

As has been pointed out elsewhere on Pprune, a successful airport is not just about new scheduled routes. Is it seriously been suggested that current management is not as good as the previous regime ? - yes there was growth in routes, but a slight economic downturn, and they are pulled, which rather suggests that the underlying yield and profitability profile out of NCL is not as good as elsewhere. That is hardly the airport management's fault.

It would also appear that the previous regime has saddled the airport with a massive debt burden (justified on a business plan forecasts focussed on volume growth) that will have to be paid for somehow (probably by cost-cutting, and which also restricts the cash available for any short term operational improvements).

What is needed now for Newcastle is to re-build a sustainable financial structure, based on a rock solid stable core of business, with a proportionate mix of Sched, loco, and charter, and it seems to me that this is excatly what is going on.

Nclflts

When it boils down to it you cannot make an airline fly any where and you cannot make people fly to these destinations. The NE has a limited demo graphical destination list! Look at the routes that have been and gone; MUC, SXF, HAM, CGN, CPH, BGY, CIA, BUD those just off top of my head and not including the charter routes lost to increase in low cost! Plus with a limited number of paxs in catchment area new routes impact on existing routes both low cost and charter. Business routes again limited need for direct flights better to feed hubs! FRA will come LH has been promising it for years, but just remember with the limited catchment FRA will effect AMS, LHR, DXB etc etc

Better to have a well balanced number of destinations which all do well rather than a boom and bust approach i.e. new route booms whilst other bust and disappear. As for NYC well I think it will eventually happen and would be a perfect fitting hub to add to NCL's destination list.

All quiet on the western front, nothing at all happening with Newcastle at the moment?

They still have arrivals and departures at the moment.

Well, the new hotel is to be a Hilton (DoubleTree).

Hilton Hotel
 

I thought that was familiar! I searched back and post 205 on this thread - Feb 2009 - read:-


"The new Hotel at the front of the terminal has been confirmed as a Hilton."


Maybe here were some changes rumoured in the meantime.

Was there a mention of a certain American city in the same thread :E

June provisional stats:
Airport as a whole handled 472054 +0.7% over year 2010.

Main Routes:
Domestic:
LGW: -4% With FlyBe and BA now codesharing on this route, perhaps figures will rise?
LHR: +22%

International:
BRU: +27%
CDG: -8%
DUS: +5%
DUB: +14%
AMS: +1%
SVG: +50%
DXB: -2%
YYZ: -2%
SFB: +12%


Various other ups and downs, could the airport be starting to turn things around?

Ryanair to continue the increased DUB flights for winter.

Not checked, put presumably LHR was affected by the BA strike last year (and conversely last year's LGW might have been artificially high?)

BRU and DUB seeing the benefits of increased frequency and more realistic scheduling.

Air France equipment change
 

It looks like Air France will start using the Avro RJ85 as of November 2011 right through the next year? Is this Air France taking over from Brit Air?

M

MichaelAM
what are they using up to then?

I assume it'll be CityJet taking over the flights from Brit Air, yes?

ash666, currently Brit Air operate the flight on behalf of AF using CRJ-700s

thanks:ok:

Newcastle Airport chiefs hail strong performance - Business News - News - nebusiness.co.uk


Let the speculation begin....

Looks as though things maybe going on behind the scenes. :suspect:

New airport hotel
 

I see its mentioned as a new hotel on the Doubletree web site opening 4th quarter.
Its refered to as New Castle !!.

I read that the Leisure Club in the new hotel looks directly down '07', what a great incentive to get fit!