Pax numbers
 

Using Easterns booking engine, Dublin and Belfast would appear to have no more than 10 available seats over the coming week. Now I'm not sure if this is reliable, but if so surely it's a good sign?

Isn't that the number of seats available at the lowest fare?

So any news on the performance of today’s new flights?

.....not specifically on MME flights, but this is up on their website this evening....

Very possibly looking at some other flights.

I think it is misleading. Aberdeen Wick route shows "6 seats left" on many future dates and I know those flights aren't full this far out.

It could also indicate the number of seats left at the base fare.shown.

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Newquay and Bristol?

NQY is due to be served by Loganair from NCL I thought?

Newquay and Bristol are new - not been mentioned before from Teesside.

Wonder if Bristol and Newquay are typos; something that was intended at the last launch but failed, or something about to be announced?

Can’t help but feel for MME; for 10 years we have all craved new routes and they finally launch at what could well turn out to be one of the worst periods in aviation history.

That flyer is supposedly going round every household in the mayors constituency, I don't think his PR team would get it wrong.

On the other hand it might work with the demise of Flybe.

Obviously not. Would, for example, Boris Johnson ever make an inaccurate/ untruthful statement. People really should start to trust our politicians.

But it is good to see the airport making progress in difficult times - to say the least - for aviation.

Not in this lifetime!

Newquay and Bristol
 

Just noticed on Ben's FB page that he repiled to a comment yesterday in regards to Exeter saying that he was "looking at Newquay and Bristol", so theres definitely some foundation to it.

Fantastic words from Ben.

Why not charge on and link MME with BRS and NQY as well as (already served) CWL!

Massive market from the Tees Valley to the SW & Wales I'm sure...

:ugh:

And also no mention of CWL which is new.

Frightening times for the world..and the aviation industry?

On all these threads it’s cancelled,delayed,postponed flights!

Weirdly ,Teesside seems to be avoiding it all? Can’t answer why,other than the mayor has very deep pockets to subsidise routes?

Anyone know how many passengers are actually using these new flights.I know Newcastle is suffering big time and that’s with an established market.

Think you've answered you own question. Sure there will be performance requirements in the contract and I would be surprised if MME flights aren't being prioritised. Anyway, given the flyBe situation and then the lack of their own booking engine, it would be amazing if any of the new flights do anything to start with.

Around 30 passengers on the flight from Southampton tonight, which seems pretty good to me.

Not surprising but Dublin and Cardiff no longer bookable with Eastern, Belfast and Southampton prices have increased hugely, which might suggest they are stopping till at least after Easter, and Aberdeen down to 2 flights a day. Worrying times.

Just had a go, Dublin still bookable for June

Cardiff and Dublin suspended until the 17th of April

https://www.easternairways.com/annou...us-information.

5 x weekly flights still operating to ABZ, SOU and BHD

KLM down to 1 daily until the 28th, then suspended.

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...shQLmhXrDuZShs

This does sound very good considering what is going on. Then again there must be a lot of people using it to get to/from NCL that previously perhaps used the Flybe service.

Newcastle has a Southampton route.

Currently 1-2 daily with Eastern but Loganair starting on Monday.

So Peel were accused of closing the airport for 16 years but never did and the saviour of a Mayor has done it in just over one :E

It only refers to the airport terminal being closed, rather than no flying - the military will still need training and the Air Ambulance and IAS Medical aren't "non-essential" travel.

Who knows what the passenger loads have been..the airlines are desperate,the airports are desperate...who knows where it will end.
A lot of money was invested in the airport by the mayor....the interesting times will be if no improvement..how will it be paid back?

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I think you know what the answer to that will be. The Mayor obviously didn't have the benefit of a crystal ball. Kudos for trying.

A couple of Cobhams have recently departed, so looks like it is the terminal and not the airport as a whole.

Not surprising, but the airshow has been delayed.

Airfied operating Hours
 

According to the Notams, airfield is open 07.00 to 17:00 Mon to Fri - closed Saturday and Sunday. Fire category reduced to 4.

Pretty good..seems to be open longer hours than Newcastle?

i suppose it’s to keep Flight Refuelling /Cobhams operating?

These times are G.M.T. 08:00-18:00 B.S.T.

I really believe that the companies still struggling on rather than just closing and going on a deep freeze are probably going to be in a worse position when recovery starts. Far more sensible to call it quits soon and shut down to preserve cash.

Perhaps what they are doing is already paid for.

The major customer for Teesside at the moment is Cobham's, who are involved in air defence training - presumably still an essential activity?

The likes of Bournemouth and Southend are being used to store large amounts of aircraft, is there a reason that we are not considered for such work?

The remains of the 2 WW2 runways to the east and south east of the main should be quite useful..
Maybe the Mayor didn't ask anyone.

Old runways are fenced off and would need sweeping trees and bushes would need cutting out also. Hangar 1 is available but there are no on site engineers to maintain stored aircraft.