Could there be an outside chance that they may wind down their NCL base and run an operation from MME similar to DSA? I cannot see at the moment that DSA would become a crew base, but i can see more NCL aircraft (if they do leave) going to either MAN or onto the continent.

Unfotunately it seems, as has been alluded to in a post a few back, that they have failed to get into the major leisure routes and Jet2 have taken advantage of that already.

Rumoured EZY commercial were at NCL looking at the summer 2011 schedule just last week and that a bid was being put forward for an A320 to take on some longer sectors. Perhaps 2x319s and a 320 next summer?

STN is to be continued until March 2011 and will be reviewed again then, though the seats are still be put back on sale. CIA and MJV will not be part of next years summer schedule for EZY.

NCL is performing better for easyJet than the same time last year.

Thats good news...the STN route was flown by an STN based a/c... really sorry about CIA but not surprised about MJV which Jet 2 have always flown.

Only the morning rotation STN>NCL has been a STN based a/c, the morning NCL>STN and the evening return has been NCL based.

So, the summer will leave easyJet with AGP, ALC, BCN, BFS, BRS, FAO, MLA, PMI, CDG, NCE, (MAH & IBZ July & August) and then possibly still STN if they can make it work. The confirmed routes to go in summer 2011 are CIA and MJV.

So 3 aircraft dowm but only 2 routes to go? Must be serious frequency reductions on some of those being kept, presumably the double daily flights to AGP, ALC and PMI will be reduced to daily or worse? Unless they start 24 hour flying no way 3 aircraft can do all that.

I don't know the frequencies, sorry.

cjags - how reliable is your info that STN is staying, NCL management don't seem to know about this and are still in talks with other potential airlines for this route

Any chance of Rome being picked up by anyone else? LS?

Italy is scarce on NCL route network, with only NAP, PSA, VRN and TRN served via weely charter/loco services.

EZY obviously lost the MJV battle to the red army!:\

ncleflights - It's reliable. Also, if you try to book STN seats, it no longer pops up with "This route is only available until 31st October". The seats are still not actually on sale yet.

while it's quiet here, not just a NCL question that came up in a newspaper.
If a flight lands after an uneventful trip what happens to the data on the black box? Left on the box, wiped, taken off and stored???

The data remains on the recorder, usually up to about the last 20hrs or so, then re-recorded on a continuous loop.

Stansted
 

Stansted back on sale for Nov-March. Seems to now be operated by a STN based a/c with the rotation starting STN at 07:00 with the return sector NCL-STN at 08:30.

It does however mean that a working day in London which one can do now with a 07:00 NCL departure and a 21:15 STN return will be more or less impossible with flight times of 08:30/18:25.

Hopefully numbers wont drop too much and they will keep it going post March. I personally like to use it to connect to a FR flight out of STN.

Thanks flightlevel001. I guess 20hrs is enough in case any future probs arise with the plane and they want to look back on the data.

Why is Thomas Cook Belgium flying from IBZ to NCL today? It landed at 12:30 and took off at 13:30.

Its a weekly flight, high season only I believe been operating for a few weeks now along with the IWD Palma flight on a Friday and the AEU Saturday afternoon.

Thanks for the quick response. I hadn't noticed it before until today.

I'm flying on the IWB tomorrow from Newcastle, can anyone confirm it will be a A320?

Yes it will be A320. All chartered flights to the UK & Ireland are done by 320.

Interesting post on arrivals board 'TCX873L 7:55 KOS DIVERTED TO MAN ETA NCL BY ROAD 0230' are they making the passengers walk from Manchester? Obviously more to this than first meets the eye I suspect.