Where did you hear this from. On the SAS website you can not book a flight yet?

Copenhagen
 

Reservations for the Newcastle-Copenhagen route will be available from 15 November on SAS website.

Monarch have pulled NCL-SFB & CWL-SFB for next summer due to lack of sales

Are Air Transat operating to Toronto again for next summer via Exeter , they always seem to leave it till late in the day before announcing anything , nothing bookable on the web site at the moment

SAS returns to NCL from the 4th of February next year. There will be one daily flight (evening rotation) operated by CRJ200 (from Cimber A/S).

Good news to see a direct link between CPH and NCL again.

It is, so long as SAS don't go under before then, if you've seen the recent postings on the SAS thread.

Believe me - They won't go under... :cool:

I think you can be pretty sure to see SAS online at NCL in February!

easyJet
 

How many aircraft are based at Newcastle this winter? There appears to be huge gaps in the timetable where planes are sat doing nothing for many hours. For example today one aircraft comes in from Belfast at 0920 and another from Bristol at 0950 but the next EZY departure isn't until 1525 to Alicante. It also appears that Paris is stopping in November but the new replacement Amsterdam route isn't starting until December.

I know EZY have just announced Jersey from NCL but what is the long term future for EZY at Newcastle? Having planes sat around for nearly 6 hours per day surely isn't good. Are there any more routes planned?

seems wasteful - I can remember Ryanair finding they had a similar situation at Stansted a few years back and looked around for a short route that they could be pretty sure wouldn't suffer delays to fill the time in and came up with Esbjerg mid -afternoon- God knows how we larfed!!!

Of course there were enough Danish pig farmers & their wives who fancied a quick trip to London rather than a long drive to Copenhagen to get some pretty good loads............ aircraft utilised, bank balance increased, more happy customers.......

You'd have thought it was worth sticking in a flight to somewhere in NW Europe just to see what happens

When do the Geneva flights start?

EZY
 

Geneva & Amsterdam start mid-December which will fill most of the gaps in the current schedule.

Agreed, the same can be said for the likes of TOM, TCX and LS. There is some days where there is an early morning flight, to Alicante for example, and once they've arrived back mid-afternoon there is no flights for the rest of the day.

It does seem very strange.

I have also noticed in the last week with EZY random flights going in and out of NCL. One arrived from Aberdeen and one the other day from Birmingham, I think it was. Another also departed for MAN. I don't know whether they're moving around to position them for different flights but does seem very weird especially for an airline like EZY to be doing that.

Why is it strange - the winter is always a lot slower than the summer for the charter airlines.

And think you might be confusing EasyJet (EZY) with Eastern (EZE)

Easyjet/Jet2
 

Im sure that it is better for an airline to have the aircraft sitting on the ground just doing 1 flight a day at a profit than having the aircraft up all day doing different flights empty and then operating at a loss?????

remember Jet2 own most of there aircraft so no lease fees!!

SAS CPN - NCL
 

You can now read all about the new route on "Routes-on-line."

SAS Brings Return of Newcastle

Nice to see CPH return! :)

New International North East Airport !!
 

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/res...ticleLandscape

Ambitious proposal for new North-East airport should spark new debate (From The Northern Echo)

"A RADICAL vision for a new North-East international airport has been unveiled, just as the Government considers the future of the UK’s aviation policy.
The ambitious proposal would see the region’s existing airports - Newcastle and Durham Tees Valley - replaced with a new hub for up to 25 million passengers a year built between the A1 and A19 north of Peterlee, in east Durham.
The state-of-the-art passenger and freight facility would be situated within 20 miles of the region’s major population centres in County Durham, Teesside, Wearside and Tyneside. "

Not a chance! - Best to improve existing links to Newcastle Airport from Teeside to within 45 mins to 1 Hour.

Looks like a few jet 2s on the ramp in the drawing.

Waste of money.

VentureGo, the road links are fine at Durham Tees Valley you can drive South to keep out of the traffic jams!

yeah the transport links to DTV are very good the only problem is that when you get to the place unless you want to fly via Amsterdam your stuffed. We probably only need one regional airport and the best way forward is to close DTV , the public have already voted with their feet anyway, and concentrate on building growth at NCL.

Pointless discussion.

Tonight's Tyne Tees regional news had the ludicrous Peterlee International suggestion as the first news item. The programme's editor must have taken leave of his/her senses.