Easyjet new route/s
 

heard that easyjet will annouce some new routes next week for this coming winter?

easyJet new routes
 

I've heard from a good source that easyJet are going to announce a new route to AMS from newcastle starting late in the year/early new year!

Can't see it, not with KLM 4 or 5 daily paying premium rates and passengers using KLM though AMS for onward connections.

Time will tell ;)

To be fair though, how many UK regional airports support both EZY and KL on the AMS? If there is any EZY NCL-AMS expect to perhaps lose a KL rotation but otherwise they will probably co-exist.

easyJet operates alongside KLM on the following routes from AMS:

Basel, Berlin (SXF vs TXL), Bristol, Edinburgh, Geneva, Glasgow, London (LTN/STN/LGW vs LHR/LCY), Madrid, Manchester, Milan (MXP vs LIN), Prague and Rome.

easyJet also operates alongside Air France on more than 20 routes from Paris.

There's clearly enough room for both, so let's hope KLM don't cut NCL (or MME) frequencies as a result.

I remember a few years ago Jet 2 started NCL-AMS up against KL twice daily. It then quickly went to once daily, then they gave up altogether. I think it only lasted for a few months.

During that time the KL frequency was maintained with a modest drop in LF. I dont know how the company will react this time if it happens.

Dont forget a large proportion of KL passengers are flying onward from AMS.

Of course EZY have competed with AF to CDG for a few years now and it seems to have worked. But its ending at the end of summer schedules and they will have to do something with the based aircraft. So new routes are likely to be announced. We will find out soon where to.

They would have to make it 100% reliable as they would not be responsible for onward connections like KLM

Just returned from Tenerife last night. Pleasant experience coming through the airport other than the grumpy sod who I'm sure was trying to fit a 757 load of passengers onto one bus. Passing through security and baggage reclaim was a breeze, a shame not all airports were like this...

A bit miffed to see the TOM 757 that we'd left behind in TFS had reached NCL before us though...:ugh: :*

All in all, a very pleasant experience both outbound and inbound.

Passenger figures up for March.
 

According to provisional CAA stats there was a 4.2% increase in passengers for March 2012 vs 2011.
Still some routes not included in figures ie BRS so actual % may rise.
Rolling year 0.1% up. Not much but its positive which i dont think has been seen for some time.
AMS showing 18% increase.

GrahamK Yes I too have noted the improvement recently. To an extent though I still remain to be convinced that when pax numbers do pick up for the summer season then things will remain so.
Case in point (excuse pun!) but when EK 35 dumps it's baggage on one of the rotary machines, then it does not take long before the whole machine is log jammed with baggage, due to the obligatory hold ups of pax at immigration, & this is with four stations open........
Now if the baggage machine was required to handle simultaneous baggage for two flights or a 777.........., then one wonders as to how this issue is to be countered?:uhoh:
Though as ever best to travel business class;)

wings aboard / onur air
 

The tour operator wings aboard went under yesterday.

This operator had planned to operated 2 x weekly onur flights for the winter before the flights got pulled and pax asked to fly from man.

looks like we know now why..

Technically they've not gone under, but been 'mothballed' with passengers refunded. The owner hasn't ruled out restarting in the future
Wings Abroad suspends all UK operations - www.travelweekly.co.uk

Some March Prov.stats:

Gatwick: +1%
Heathrow: +14%
Aberdeen: -24%
Belfast City: +13%
Belfast Int: +9% <----I wonder if easyJet are considering upping this to thrice daily all week, rather than selected days
Brussels: +2% <-----What does the future hold for this route once the BMIR deal goes through, will SN upgrade to RJ85s again, or opt for FlyBe Q400s?
Paris CDG: +8%
Dusseldorf: +26%
Dublin: +28%
Amsterdam: +18%
Stavanger: +50%
Dubai: Stayed flat, with the introduction of the 77W in Sept and the better facilities, might we see people being brough back to NCL that had been driving to GLA/MAN for the 77W/A380 flights?

SN
 

Rumours are that FLYBE are to paint 2 more Q400's into SN colours so im guessing BE will base these from NCL and BRS from october 2012??

Easyjet
 

I have received a special offer email from easyjet this evening advertising Newcastle to Paris November from £25.49 and Newcastle to Amsterdam from £27.49. Is this a late April fool as you certainly can't book these flights on the booking engine?

I assume should the email be correct that these flights must be coming on sale from tomorrow, at least we know Paris has not gone and the rumour about Amsterdam must be correct also

Well on the company internal website, 9 new routes have been announced, as usual most are from LGW, one from man to Tel Aviv, a Birmingham to Belfast flight and also a Newcastle to Amsterdam:D.

I had to go searching for this info, as we have not been told officially.

First time in a while that we have had some good news:ok:

But...

Pulling off the Newcastle/Paris is not good news for a lot of regulars.

It's Air France at twice the price then!

Binder

I wonder if Jet2 would take a look at NCL-CDG?

Easyjet
 

But has Paris def gone as in my earlier post its in my November special offers email along with Amsterdam. Also my home page which is set up to show Ncle flights first is scrolling Paris as bookable from Newcastle after October although it wont let you book a flight through the booking engine?

Looks like my comment in post 2908 is about to be proven wrong. Good to hear of some new routes though. March stats look good :ok: