Really Nwi MME worked in the past for years!

The flight will still operate, it just won't pick up passengers. I think they would continue to offer it if there were other flights anywhere near the departure time. I stick by my point of earlier in the week, it can't have been economical to open up departures for those handful of people.

The flight isn't going to be operating. The flights you book on Loganair website for the Aberdeen to Norwich are BMI regional flights.


It is very good news to hear Loganair are very pleased with how things are going on the DTVA - Aberdeen route.

Not anytime soon with both enjoying good loads. Norwich should have been given more time, at the very least they should have seen the summer out, better yet a full year so they could compare like-for-like figures

I thought Loganair could have utilized the spare couple of hours by flying to either Dublin or Belfast. I suspect the downturn in the oil industry would have affected the Norwich route. Any prize for the next route they will operate!

Or

Any prize for the next route they will cease to operate!

Rumour has it Dublin may be on the cards, not sure if they'd be able to swing
Am interline agreement with Aerlingus.
It was a bit in a local Conaught newspaper , though most comments said they felt the story was wrong and that Belfast was most likely.
But they are said to be firmly committed to extra routes , I'm not sure the range on their Aircraft but would Stavanger fare any better than Norwich ?

The down turn in the oil industry has obviously affected such routes as DTV to Norwich with minimal loads so I can't see a link to Stavanger fairing any better during the down turn and I would have thought that if there was sufficient demand an airline would have resumed a link from Newcastle by now.

Companies say that they are 'fully committed' all the time it's just PR most of the time unless any written agreement is signed it means sod all, look at how many airports that have had airlines saying that and before you know it they are history.

I wouldn't hold my breath regarding Loganair having a long term relationship with DTV, I'm not knocking the airport in anyway but that's how I personally see it.

The limited amount of Guernsey flights could always remain at DTV considering that they are aligned with a travel company so seat sales more or less will be taken up especially considering the amount of flights available.

Canberra, bmi fly Newcastle-Stavanger 6 x weekly

Graham it wasn't until I sent it that I immediately realised that BMI do fly from Newcastle to Stavanger but fair play to you for being quick off the mark

I won't change my post though to correct it I'll leave it to you for being so quick to remind me.

EGPO - interesting that flights from DTVA are being discussed in the Connaught press - can you provide a link?

Canberra97 - which company is involved - no reference in the licence application?

Well my mistake then but I thought I had read somewhere regarding a travel company backing the Guernsey flights, it's not Superbreak but again I could have mistaken it but if I do find it I will post a link.

DTV railway station loosing a platform..surely a housing development would be attracted to a railway connection..short sighted?

The masterplan has an aspiration to move the station nearer to the approach road (and the housing)

I think it is time the LAs got on with the plans for the new train station and the park & ride system next to roundabouts on airport approach road.


If that happens it will mean the freight sidings can be added to airport site next current location of the pointless railway halt. All covered in the DTVA masterplan documents. http://www.durhamteesvalleyairport.c...Masterplan.pdf

The airport itself is nowhere near the position where it could justify a train station - if the LA's feel that the housing development (plus those nearby) warranted a train station, it should have been made a condition of the planning permission.

The plan wasn't for station to be at the airport. The plan was for a park & ride system for the Tees Valley area with train station next to it. That site was chosen because it has good road access and is next railway line that gives access to the local town centres and business parks. It is a bonus that it will give better transport links to airport but it would still require a bus between the park & ride / train station and the airport terminal building.

Work on the Premium Lounge should be completed by spring 2018. Premium Lounge

I know we can't expect anymore from them, but you would have thought at least one of the two leading regional newspapers would have challenged this statement. Why so much? How much does keeping the remaining side open cost? What's stopping you closing the whole lot?

Saving £6m by 2022. Exactly HOW does one platform and footbridge cost £1.2m-£1.5m to maintain? I admire the need to cost cut, but that'd be like me saying "i'm gonna save £1m by not drinking and selling a kidney"