I understand that Piltdown Man was famous for being a paleontological hoax a hundred years ago. His current incarnation has clearly been spending time in the wrong parts of town on his occasional layovers in Newcastle. Should get out and about more.

As for New York, I doubt it's needed. At a business conference in Newcastle last week run by the Local Entreprise Partnership, the focus was very much on developing international business and trade links to Europe. That the key speaker was the German Ambassador was no coincidence.

Piltdown man does have a point though. Without causing to much upset I hope:


1. Locals from the North East are some of the most insular people I have ever met. Some have never even visited Hadrians wall. How can you expect locals to advertise the region when they don't even know it themselves.

2. Ask any business person who has had to deal with local businesses and local government and they will say that most locals they have worked with are very thin skinned and cannot accept constructive criticism.

3. They are nepotistic to the extent a local will be employed over an outsider even if their skill set is not as good.

But what do you expect from a region that has over 50 percent of people working for the state.

Piltdown and Mugabe should maybe start a thread on Jetblast entitled 'Lets slag off the North-East' and leave this thread to those who want to talk about Newcastle Airport.

Mugabe, there is an ideal location for you.

Zimbabwe.

Your comments demonstrate more of your character than the stereotypes of those you care to try and portray, belittle and insult apart from showing your spectacularly ignorant and anecdotally foolish ideas you would lead anyone reading them to question your awareness of the cultural and diverse make up of this great island and this fine region.

You're not worth the airtime but I've decided to make an exception, I suspect on behalf of the majority.

I'm not a fan of personal insults or accusatory language but your remarks are poor at best. The thread is for discussing business at EGNT not slagging off a region.

With regard to business at EGNT. The airport is a gateway into the region. So I would suggest it must "cut its coat according to the cloth". (Prov.*to plan one's aims and activities in line with one's resources and circumstances)

The NE is much worse than most other regions for...

1. Those in receipt of out of work payments.
2. Children having underage pregnancies.
3. Young adults not in education employment or training.
4. Working age adults wanting paid work , with low pay or those with limiting or long standing illness or disability.
5. Older people with limiting or long standing illness or disability.
6. Communities in fuel poverty.

That is from the poverty.org.uk website.

From the BBC

Middlesbrough has the highest rate of unemployment of any local authority in the UK at 14.3%. The region also has the lowest employment rate in the country - 65.9% - with the rate falling significantly in the past year. The North East also has the highest economic inactivity rate with one in four people not contributing to the economy.

Finally to correct my earlier post ,from the FT.

This reflects the North East’s above-average dependency both on direct public sector employment – accounting for one quarter of its jobs, according to official data – and also on public spending which supports swaths of voluntary, creative sector and private sector employment.


In summary tell me how a weekly New York service is viable.

Andrewmcharlton and jensdad dont be thin skinned old boys!

Granted we might be a little like that in the North East, but there are certainly a lot more local North-East people at my university than there are "external" counties ...


Now, back to the airport shall we?

TCX
 

Have there been any confirmed plans as to how many TCX will base over summer 2012 are we a 3 full base with A320 W pattens or 4 full base?

Definately a 4 a/c base

Just had the latest March 2012 addition brochure through my door from Canadian Affair.

There is no mention of flights from Newcastle or Exeter in it to Toronto, so they are not selling it now I assume ? :confused:

Nigel

From what I've heard TCX are to base 2x 757 both Thomas Cook aircraft and 2 x A320, 1 TCX and 1 from a 3rd party. Same setup as last year with being crewed in the cabin by TCX crew.

Is your user name a clue as to where the other A320 is coming from? If not who does that leave Czech Holidays:rolleyes:

Haha no certainly not. Wish I hadn't chosen that name now, I've worked for TCX for years then this year decided I'd take voluntary redundancy and was offered a job with Monarch, but I've decided to stay with TCX for the time being!

No idea who the A320 would come from? Small Planet Airlines?? Just a guess obviously ;)

YYZ
 

The airport has just sent out twitter message around 4pm
Saying that to book your flights this may ncl-YYZ discount given ends soon.

Flights must still be going ahead

YYZ
 

Yes they are operating, all bookable on the TS website, weekly flights from YYZ on Tues to NCL via EXT, outbound from NCL on Weds non stop to YYZ. Timetable says A310, booking machine says A330, operated by Air Transat, haven't checked actual start end dates but assume May-Sept?

Meanwhile...back to New York.

Jet 2 have announced the New York shopping trips for winter 2012....NCL will have two, taking place on 29th November and 6th December.

New Airlines
 

I note that 3 new airlines appear in issue 9 of the summer charter timetable.

Mistral Air
Fly Torair
Small Planet

Interesting article I picked up on re Southend. They must have a team in place there that actually have a clue as to identifying their market & getting things done, as oposed to those at NCL who continue "Daydream" as to achieving a direct NYC service to the extent of all else.
The reality is that they have for over 15 years missed the way forward that has to be fair been noted on this thread on a regular basis :-
New Ireland & USA Gateway Opens with Aer Lingus Regional, operated by Aer Arann Route Launch | Latest News | LSA - Community Relations & News | London Southend Airport
One really does have to wonder who at NCL actually thought they would see a CO or an AA emblem on looking out of their "penthouse suite" windows:E
!

Yet again another PPruner who believes that reading a few press releases somehow qualifies them as an expert insider in the goings on at airport boardrooms.

Can't believe someone is comparing Southend management team to ncl....!!!

Wow southend gets aer lingus to Dublin 3x daily on a 50 seater plane wow approx 150 seats a day. We have had a Dublin service for years now

NCL already has Dublin 2x daily 189 seater more seats!!!!

I'm sure our management team are really worried about what is happening at Southend!!!! I'm sure heads will roll over this... NOT

Get real......

Newcastle - Dublin
 

Agreed - Newcastle have good link with Ryanair on 2x Daily service. However I wonder if point being made by Southend comparison is an Aer Lingus service, ticketing through to New York with pre-clearance of US Border controls in Dublin (or Shannon) would be a great advantage & may even be preferred to waiting "for ever & a day" for a direct Newcastle/NYC route with long queues at New York immigaration and customs clearance. Aer Lingus with pre-clearance means arriving in US in the same way as a domestic passenger.