N707ZS - sounds like there is lots to do there for all types of people!!

hope it works as i dont think any of us saw this route coming

Bydgoszcz
 

I am a little intrigued by this route, the timings and frequency are hardly going to appeal to the usual Krakow / Prague weekend city break crowd. I personally can't see the numbers working here, unless of course this is connected with some local industry who is going to be providing the bulk of the passengers?

Great news about some new routes and activity.

And now....flew into Newcastle this lunchtime. Some positive points, the Border Agency queue was really well handled despite the arrival of flights from PMI, DXB, x2 ALC and an AMS. They were very quick and pleasant. Deboarding was also quick.

Baggage...utter nightmare. None of the screens were working and then all of the belts came on at once. No idea where to go for the bags! I asked a harassed Swissport girl and she said 'Sorry, I don't know, its just busy'

Emirates popped up on 2 conveyors, the Alicante flights luggage guest starred on 2 conveyor belts complete with some Palma. I was in there for 30 minutes before I even knew what carousel to use. I know the area is tiny but still, luggage carousels abound.

Customs staff were actually very helpful guiding people through queues. So the Govt agencies at NCL...thumbs up

Was late for the car service picking me up, the driver said it happens on Saturday all the time, the airport can't cope.

Disappointing as other things had clearly improved.

JKKne
I note that it would appear that issues as noted on my post #2915 appear to manifesting themselves on an even larger scale.

It's all very well recent major capital expenditure on an enlarged security area, but if it is to be at the potential mayhem, symptomatic of recent observations, then one wonders if there is money in the budget to address matters before these issues do manifest themselves in a big way !?:uhoh:

easyJet 570 from Bristol has aborted landing at 22:10 and is going around for 2nd attempt. "Flightradar"

The FlyBe Bergen service will now operate year round rather than just summer only.

Smart Lynx Airlines will be basing an Airbus A320 operating for Thomas Cook.

It's YL-LCI, 1997 model.

YL-LCI Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus A320-214 - cn 724 - Planespotters.net Just Aviation

TCX
 

So does that mean they will have 2x TCX 752s, 1x TCX 320 and the Smart Lynx 320 at NCL for the summer.

Are they there at the moment.

Both CWL and NCL are included in the MON summer 2013 schedule with a weekly departure to SFB from both locations !

TCX
 

Yes - current TCX complement is as above.

Thomson Summer 2013
 

The plan will be 3 based aircraft but only 1x757 and 2x738 so a slight drop in seats from NCL for next summer unless we get some extra flights on (w) or a 4th based aircraft?


Good news on MON flights to SFB wonder if we will see any short haul routes from them also??

Still no announcment on the Airport website or a message on there facebook or twitter accounts about the new link to poland with OLT Express!
If they dont start pushing the route i cant see it going to last long if its just the spotters that know about it unless they are hoping for inbound pax to northeast only??

OLT don't seem to have done much about any of the Bydgoszcz routes (yet?) outside of Poland, so perhaps they are aiming at the inbound market?

[B][I][U]Newcastle International Airport declined to comment.[/U][/I][/B]
 

WHY HAS AIRPORT MANAGEMENT DECLINED TO COMMENT?????????



OLT Express launch flights from Newcastle Airport to Poland

by Michael Brown, The Journal
May 9 2012

NORTH East businesses will have a direct link to one of Eastern Europe’s financial capitals with the launch of new flights from Newcastle.

Expanding airline OLT Express have earmarked Tyneside for a twice-weekly service to the Polish city of Bydgoszcz – pronounced Bid-gosht – which could see 38,000 more passengers heading in and out of the region.

And that could mean a boost for the local economy, as firms over here benefit from being able to work more closely with their counterparts in a city that boasts 38 different banking companies, 37 insurance firms, heavyweight Wall Street hitters like JP Morgan as well as heavy chemical industry.

NECC Director of Policy, Ross Smith, said: “The ever-expanding roster of destinations offered by Newcastle International Airport is a credit to the airport itself and testament to the North East becoming an increasingly desirable place to visit and do business.

“Bydgoszcz is one of the major economic cities of Poland.

“These new flights not only open up another potential market for regional business, Bydgoszcz’s rich cultural offer will no doubt attract many tourists.

“Likewise the North East’s burgeoning reputation as a tourist destination will bring people to the region.”




Bydgoszcz and its near 360,000 inhabitants are found about 60 miles north east of Poznan, and will be a three-hour-five-minute flight from Newcastle when OLT’s 180-seat Airbus A320 takes off every Wednesday and Saturday from October 31.

Tickets for the route are already on sale priced from 149 Polish zloty – about £28.

It will mark Newcastle International’s second route to Poland, as Jet2.com already run a twice-weekly service to Krakow and is the eighth new route announced from the city since December last year.

A spokesman for the airline, Magdalena Gordon-Wesolowska, said she thought the new route would meet an existing need for a link between the cities on the Tyne and the River Vistula.

“Many people from Bydgoszcz already work in Newcastle, make business there or just visit Newcastle and its area,” she said.

“But we’re counting on tourist and business travel from Newcastle as well. And so we hope that Bydgoszcz-Newcastle route will be very popular.”

Newcastle International Airport declined to comment.

More Polish workers en route to do all the jobs that don't exist:rolleyes:

Why don't they ever market the North East/Northumberland etc as somewhere others can visit, as opposed to this one way traffic when tourism is concerned? As an outsider seems a little odd.

At a guess, because there has been little contact and they don't know much about it?

Doesn't sound like it's one of those routes which has been lured in by heavy discounts then!

If anyone follows the airport on facebook, OLT has been announced by them on the facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/nclairport

airport facebook page
 

It was myself which posted early afternoon on the airport website about the new route.

at tea time the airport then updated the page and also tweeted out on twitter.

could the airport really didnt know anything about the route?

MONARCH NCL - ORLANDO 2013

This route, appearing in the 2013 Monarch Scheduled timetable represents a big expansion from fortnightly in 2012 for a limited period 29th May - 21st Aug to weekly from 28th May - 1st Oct. A huge increase in capacity available.

Yes JamesAir, CWL has also had the service upgraded to a full summer service in 2013 to SFB with weekly departures with MON. Nonetheless, not long now until the 2012 ones start from CWL and NCL. Must have been half decent bookings for this year, for them to launch next year's flights !

Orlando
 

Yes there has for a long time now been a shortage of seats to Orlando. Hence the very high prices being charged in the past by Thomson.

I see all 3 TOM based aircraft being quite well utilized from NCL at the moment although the season has just started.

However the same cant be said for TCX just now. Perhaps that may change as the season continues.