That's not the kind of news we want to hear Jamie!!!! so Ryanair will be back to 2 routes next summer, unless they come up with something else.
Maybe Norwegian will step in, or Flybe. |
I wonder if NCL will be included in the "many" new routes to be announced by Easyjet in the next few weeks?
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EZY at NCL
"many new routes" I doubt NCL will see any of those, I think the 3 a/c base is a sign of EZY's commitment to NCL.
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June Pax stats
Aberdeen -14% Belfast City -18% Belfast Int +0.2% Birmingham +12% Bristol -3% Cardiff -25% Dublin +14% Exeter +7% Isle of Man -46% London Gatwick -3% London Heathrow +21% Amsterdam +0.8% Brussels +27% Dusseldorf +5% Paris -7% |
Richard...you had me totally confused for a minute until I realised you were quoting the JUNE statistics.
The AUGUST statistics are now available on the CAA website. Incidentally, NCL - IOM traffic seems to have totally collapsed with the August figure of 98 pax down 84% on August 2010 |
And the August provisional stats:
Gatwick +6% Heathrow -2% Brussels +51% Paris CDG -14% Dusseldorf -6% Dublin +12% Amsterdam +5% Stavanger +14% Dubai -10% Overall the airport was 3.5% down on Aug 2010, and YTD is down 0.6% |
Dubai down 10% ? Thats a bit odd. Is that a trend ? Not what you want to see when thinking about getting an aircraft upgrade. GLA and MAN still showing increases.
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The loss of the Onur flights wouldn't have helped August's pax figure
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NCLDXB. Sixteen of the thirty-one flights were operated with low density A330's due engineering requirements on the high density aicraft which led to the reduction in numbers.
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That would give an average load of 82.8%. Don't think there's gonna be an upgrade in a/c type anytime soon.
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Graham K - what seat factor then does warrant an upgrade in aircraft type?
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I'm not an airline person, but if I were, I wouldn't be thinking about more capacity until the existing one was full most of the time.
If you dont fill the existing aircraft on a regular basis, why would you put a bigger one on. The only thing I can think of is freight. |
In the early 2000s, MAN was achieving well over 90% loads before they went to 777s May also depend on business class sales so it'd be good to know how full of fare-paying passenbers that class is.
Generally, for NCL, i'd imagine it's going to be a 2 class 77W that's earmarked (427/442 seats) and at present, it would only be around 60% full passenger wise and in addition, cargo capacity may be a consideration - EK's recent blurb on MAN indicates that that their cargo carrying ex-NCL and BHX is suffering at the hands of MAN. |
EZY announcing new routes. None from NCL.
New Routes for summer 2012 | easyJet.com |
Newcastle International Airport expands in £3.2m investment - Today's News - News - JournalLive
"airport" and "expansion" in the same sentence - good grief! Also looks like the new hotel is open. |
"In total the new build will provide an extra 5,242sq ft of terminal space, which will mean the current number of baggage screen lanes can be doubled to 10".
As long as someone tells them that it only works if they use them! |
JET 2 have added a Thursday flight to Dalaman for summer 2012...NCL dep 0930...arr NCL 1935. This would appear to need a sixth aircraft.
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Airport Expansion
Great news that the airport is expanding again. How about allocating some money to revamp the arrivals pier and replace those filthy floor tiles, give a lick of paint and lighten the lower pier area up?
Might be worthwhile for someone from the airport to stand and listen to the comments from arriving intnl passengers as they negotiate the rediculous maze prior to customs. First impressions are vital and Newcastle needs to take a critical look at passenger experience. |
First impressions :-
The airport’s immigration arrivals area is also being redeveloped to offer a more seamless journey for people arriving in the North-East One hopes that those in authority have acceeded to the many complaints & addressed this issue, to which much blame has been placed on low staffing of customs officials. Maybe I'm missing something but if you are to "double up" departure facilities & ignore those on arrival then in aggregate you achieve very little in overall customer experience on the basis that arrivals numbers equate to those of departures. Now I haven't seen any plans though understand that this is a "3 level" bolt on type of expansion, so lets hope that this does address the "arrivals experience" in some positive way. In noting how long it took to sort out the earlier & obvious revolving door problems at baggage claim, then I'm not holding my breath ! |
Upgrading our Newcastle service to a Boeing 777 will be a natural next step for a route that is now well established and performing well. A lot depends on when we have a Boeing 777 available to operate on the route, but I would hope that will happen in the not too distant future. |
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