5 to 7 minutes...... what did you do fairy steps backward to the terminal.....while wearing a blindfold ?

fl dutchman - the reduction to 3 based aircraft from ezy is at the moment only for the winter. I believe negotiations are ongoing fot s11 I think a massive reduction in the ezy operation is on the cards with possibly only 4 based aircraft.

On a better note the airport is I understand from both a senior and reliable source in discussions with airlines interested in restarting both the Berlin and Prague routes. Both are expected to start in S11. I understand that Prague will be as usual a loco operation aimed at the leisure market and Berlin aimed at Business pax, apparently an analysis of the Berlin route when ezy operated showed a large proportion of business pax used the route. So hopefully two city routes back for S11. Looks like NCL may get decent services to Germany with planned new routes to Berlin and Frankfurt.

Acapulco
 

P&O generally have a contract with Thomson Airways for their regional cruises flying, so would imagine it will be operated by 767-300 and yes definately with a tech stop!

Easyjet 2011( summer )
 

nclflights,

Yes that would not be a surpprise. Think they could drop Rome and Nice at least, as well as Stansted and Malta already dropped making it 4 aircraft at best. Assuming of course no new routes.

With EZY pulling off the STN and no obvious contender to stand in on the route...could we see FLYBE increasing capacity on the LGW route from the dash to something bigger...pax wont have much option left once STN goes and LHR getting cut backs from BA.

Interesting points on the Berlin route...guess this would have to be Lufthansa if targetting the business market, surely they would be expecting a twice daily service at least...other option again would be FLYBE.

BA
 

richardhall99.

Cant see any cutbacks from NCL-LHR. Schedule still up to 6 daily showing for current booking period ie to June 2011.

is STN definately off altogether?

bmi regional should pick up the Stansted if nobody else does.

D and F :8

yes for winter 10 STN has gone, hopefully back with a new operator for S11

I wonder whether we could see Ryanair start up Malta now that they have a base there, 2 x weekly similar to easyJet?

NCL-STN...yes, surely most likely backfill is Eastern?

Some credible rumours circulating that TCX are looking at 4 aircraft next summer. :ok:
I imagine this has come through some sort of deal with the airport to keep the passengers coming through the airport.

Could this mean overkill on bucket and spade routes? Is the economy really recovering that well?

26th July Celebrations
 

BA putting a 747 on the midday rotation as part of the celebrations, in at the same time as the EK 777, that should be interesting :ok:

I should imagine the EK777 will be on the pier with BA lump on the remote stands.

With regard to the TCX extra aircraft, I'd sooner have it for a season and lose it than not have it at all.

Just booked a ticket on BA's website to fly to London on the 744 a good deal at just £30.

It's not to STN, but I had heard from a mate who flies for BACF that they have been loooking to open a new 3 x daily E170 flight from LCY to a UK domestic destanation. The three possible destanations that are being looked at are ABZ, LPL and NCL.

On the subject of BACF.

BACF will be operating a Saturday charter flight from NCL to IBZ during Summer 2011.
MyTravel | Holidays, flights, city breaks, car hire, and all other holiday essentials
The aircraft will be operate EDI/IBZ/NCL/IBZ/EDI. With flights planned to arrive in NCL at 12:50 and depart again at 14:00. The flights will be operated by a 98 seater E190SR.

BAladdy...
The rumour about LCY-NCL is interesting actually.

I heard a rumour about a year ago that Eastern were looking at doing LCY-NCL for 2010. I was told (from a source who has no reason to lie) that the service would be 2x daily, and "partly subsidised" by the promise of regular passengers from a major multi-national company. The deal (or so I am told) fell through largely as the recession hit home, but also that a BA subsidiary had begun looking at LCY-NCL as a possible 3x daily rotation. The company that had approached Eastern, already had a large corporate contract with BA, and T3 didn't fancy running the risk of the deal falling through. I believe T3 have operated LCY-NCL before?

The corporate client was heavily hinted at being Corus.

I have no idea how true it was, or how close it came to fruition, but the man who told me would have little or no reason to make it up...

RTG!

AF
 

I semi frequently use the AF flights out of NCL and note that on a forthcoming flight I am supposed to be on an E145 operated by Britair (first flight out; last in). Now after using Britair many times, I only believed they operated CRJs and F100s. Is my schedule wrong? What currently operates flight 5850 out on a morning?

It is indeed an ER4, but I was under the impression that it was operated by Regional, rather than Brit Air?

It is operated by regional (aircraft and crew) but still flys under a britair callsign.