Jet 2
 

Shame was expecting another aircraft to be based for 2013, but an change in destination for NCL is all good!! Would like to see something different than the bucket and spade routes.

Cheers for reply FL.

JET 2/BA
 

PULA has now disappeared from the destinations list from NCL but of course it may appear again later when new routes for 2013 are announced.

LHR... It was noted in an earlier post that BA had reduced M-F frequencies to 5 daily...this has been changed to 6 daily but all operated with A319 aircraft.

Its well recognised that the default in the BA timetable is A319. All flights will unlikely operate just with A319.

BA LHR
 

The frequency has been reduced by one rotation per day from last Friday( 5 weekday, 3 Sats, 4 Suns) for about 4 weeks. Then it goes back to 6 per weekday, 4 Sats, 5 Suns, except for a week in Sept when it reduces again. The official reason is to do with the olympic games! apparantly other LHR domestics are similarily affected.

For the coming winter its currently 6 daily inc Sat,with 5 on Sundays.

However next Summer from the end of March its currently showing as down to 5 Weekdays, 3 Sats and 4 Suns for the whole summer!! producing some very long connection times at LHR especially at weekends. Lets hope its not finalised.

May Provisional Stats
 

Figures from Newcastle now in.

Brussels -4%
Paris CDG +4%
Dusseldorf +45%
Dublin +5%
Amsterdam +6%
Stavanger -1%
Dubai -12%
Gatwick -20%
Heathrow +9%
Aberdeen +13%
Belfast City -11%
Belfast Int +8%
Birmingham +10%
Bristol -1%
Cardiff -3%

Overall:
4.3m pax per rolling year.

Many of the charter destinations showing a large drop - I suppose a lot of this can be attributed to TCX using A320s rather than 757s on a lot of flights. Sanford and Sharm El Sheikh were both showing strong growth, but it looks like Exeter provides more of the pax to Toronto than Newcastle

Paris CDG up 4%

must be the perfect time for us (EZY) to stop flying that route then:ugh::ugh::ugh:

It would be interesting to know the traffic split to CDG between Air France and Easyjet. The fact that Air France are using larger aircraft may have influenced the decision.

DUBAI...down 12%...seems to have been pretty general with BHX down 17%

New terminal extension opened today (although Radio Newcastle have been calling it the 'new terminal' all day...)

Newcastle Airport -

“These new improvements will bring real benefits for passengers – increasing the number of lanes to screen hand luggage ahead of entry into the departure lounge."

But will they be staffed?
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"This enhanced area is equipped with the latest in security screening technology to ensure that the customers pass though this stage of their journey as swiftly and comfortably as possible.”

So will it still be laptops out, boots and belts off........?

Pula now announced with Jet2. 1 x weekly (Tues afternoons) from 1st July to 8th September

JET 2 ....SUMMER 2013
 

The timetable has been updated with

Krakow 3 x weekly....as per 2012
Cork 2 x weekly....1 down on 2012
Toulouse....not yet showing for 2013

I'd say Toulouse has probably been dropped unfortunately.

Malaga now showing daily, Murcia showing up to 5 x weekly.

Jet 2
 

A few routes have an increase for 2013, menorca is now 3 weekly, Faro is daily, Ibiza is 5 weekly aswell as the ones mentioned above.

Hope they bring more new routes soon.

JET2
 

The current situation for summer 13 frequencies against summer 12 seems to be...excluding unchanged frequencies.

CORK -1
DUBROVNIK + 1
FARO + 1
IBIZA +1
PALMA +1
MALAGA + 1
MAHON + 1
MURCIA - 2
PRAGUE - 1
VENICE - 1
PULA...new route 1

net gain of 2 weekly frequencies so far.

JET2 NEW ROUTE
 

Travel Daily News report that Jet 2 have announced new routes from Belfast/Edinburgh/Leeds Bradford/Manchester/East Midlands and NEWCASTLE TO MONTENEGRO for summer next summer.

Jet 2
 

Montenegro flights are to Dubrovnik

June Provisional Stats
 

Gatwick -17%
Heathrow +1%
Brussels -10%
Paris CDG +21%
Dusseldorf +2%
Dublin +5%
Amsterdam +10%
Dubai +2%

Overall:
4.33m rolling 12 months, -1.3%

Thomas Cook Summer 2013
 

Just seen on tcx tread that ncl will be a 3 aircraft base for next summer.
2 x 757 and 1 xA320

Which routes are flights have we lost does anybody know?
Hoping it's just an error as that will be a big drop for us

Unless JET2 will be doing some of there flying for tcx group
And we are going to see aircraft 7 arrive?

JUNE PROVISIONAL STATS
 

A few more stats on the scheduled bucket and spade routes

MALTA 2750 +27%
ALICANTE 20,587 + 37%
MALAGA 17,269 + 18%
PALMA 21,314 + 13%
DALAMAN 4,360 + 32%
MAHON 2730 + 24%

Going down to 3 a/c, probably wont be that big a drop for NCL, as the 4th a/c does a lot of "w" flying into other airports, from the likes of Antalya, Dalaman and Palma. NCL would probably end up only losing 8 flight s a week or something