getonittt
 

Absolutely spot on. A lot of people think that they can avoid the higher duty on long haul flights by going via a European outside the UK.

If the connection time at the European city is less than 24 hours, the flights are considered 'connected' and therefore the APD is charged at the higher long haul rate.

Anyone know the plans for the site of the original terminal building/Aero Club/ Wings Bar, which when I drove past today was half demolished?

Air Southwest has published its Summer 11 Timetable today

It looks like NCL loses its Plymouth connection and the Newquay flight is 5 x weekly but part of a new route from Cardiff to Newquay, although offered on the ASW site it seems to be part of the Eastern operation becoming NCL - CDF - NQY

With all this talk and speculation about Emirates potentially upgrading to a 777, will runway shoulders become an issue in the near future?

TSR2,

Is this true if you are using different carriers?
For example if you fly UK/AMS on a loco and then long haul on KLM on two separate bookings.

I can't see how the UK HMR&C could levy taxes ex AMS?

GH

B777 & Runway shoulders
 

Ops Guy....

B777 is an ICAO 'Code E' type for airfield infrastructure, but so is the A330. According to ICAO Annex 14 and the UK's CAP 168, a Code E runway of 45m width should have 7.5 metres paved shoulders. The A330 has been using this runway for some time, presumably on a safety case type approval from the CAA. FOD due to blast or erosion of the grass shoulder should not be any greater an issue with the B777, being a twin. Ultimately it will be a matter for NCL to agree with the CAA, having looked at any other safety issues which may arise from the absence of paved shoulders.

Groundhand
 

Yes, the APD applies irrespective of the airlines involved, providing the flights are considered connected and shown on the same ticket.

As far as I understand, if you book individual flights then they are not connected and therefore APD is payable on the first flight only.

Cheers
TSR2

EASTERN

Cardiff - NCL - ABZ route to start 4th January 2011 one flight Mon-Fri plus Sun.

No difference on the Northbound flights* but additional Mon - Fri rotation on NCL - Cardiff...dep. Ncl 1725 arr. Cardiff 1840 giving three daily NCL - Cardiff flights

* 2 x M - F... Cardiff - NCL plus 4x M - F... NCL - ABZ
4 x M - F....ABZ - NCL plus 3 x M -F...NCL - Cardiff
The Sunday flights route Cardiff - NCL - ABZ and vv.

In the summer NQY enters the NCL - Cardiff equasion.

could I invite all staff at NCL to go to LHR and learn how to run an airport. I arrived back yesterday evening and immigration took seconds. No queues and only a second or two to pass through, none of this endless scanning the passport through readers, staring at the screen, back to the passenger, back to the screen etc that we get at NCL. Got to the luggage carousel very quickly and there was my bag. Plane landed 6.45pm and I was driving away at 7.15pm.
What a different experience to NCL.

NCL is a regional airport ash666. In other words it is backward. Look

1. Litter pinned to wire fence going to the terminal.

2. Rotating doors normally unserviceable.

3. Slowest lift in western Hemisphere.

4. Airconditioning constantly broken on floor 3.

5. Smell of piss from filthy carpets near stand 2 waiting area.

6. Escalator to arrivals off more often than not.

7. Grey grubby fat people smoking outside terminal ( not in smoking area ) binning fag ends all over the place.

8. Shed like sliding doors leaving the arrivals hall.

Anyone think of any more?

st nicholas
 

Why do you not move bases then if the situation is that grim at Newcastle?

St Nic,

Another 1 to add to your list, No staff channel, ensuring that we are subject to abuse when we have to ask passengers to let us pass.

BRUSSELS AIRLINES

I read on another thread that the use of RJ85 aircraft may not be the final story on this route for next summer.

JET2 SUMMER 2011

Since I originally looked at the summer schedules there have been some changes/increases in frequency.

Heraklion changed from Th to Tu
Ibiza Th added
Malaga F added
Murcia Tu added, now daily
Mahon M added
Pisa W added
Monastir W added

Have the Eastern Airways Bergen flights quietly been axed?

They appear to be dropped for the winter, but can be booked for the summer.

October provisional figures
 

Main one's:

Brussels: 3658 +131%
Copenhagen: 2114 +20%
Paris CDG 15202 -7%
Dusseldorf: 3487 +64%
Dublin 12317 +8%
Amsterdam: 22588 +4%
Dubai: 14293 (82% loads based on 278HD A332 being used every day)

Heathrow: 43784 +3%
Gatwick: 9116 -11%
Stansted: 11722 +1%

Overall YTD: 4.3m -5.6%

Ryanair
 

Note that Ryanair have Oslo and Dublin on sale for Summer 2011.
No sign yet of Girona.

Re CAA stats the Sept 2010 vs Sept 2009 pax numbers down by just 1%. The -5.6% YTD numbers will include the Ash cloud and BA strike so I suppose that would have been better if it was not for those factors.

Positive signs ??.

Any news of Stansted after this winter ??.

Both routes confirmed as being axed and based aircraft is down to three.

EasyJet axes two of its city flights - Business News - News - nebusiness.co.uk

Could we see Jet2 or Ryanair step onto CIA? Jet2 will be loving the fact that EZY are pulling MJV, perhaps extra capacity for them to put on that route?