Looks like Eastern didn't get any LHR slots for summer 21. Obviously things may change, but I'm guessing they ll reinstate LCY next summer.

That won't look good on the mayors plans.

Would LCY want them back after being dropped very swiftly?

Doubt they're in a position to be fussy.

I wouldn't write off LHR yet.

It was always highly unlikely that anyone was going to get LHR slots for Summer 2021 right from the off.

For Winter 2020, those airlines like Rwandair, Ukraine, China Airlines and Eastern who secured slots have been given these without grandfather rights attached. As the "use it or lose it" rule has been suspended through a slot waiver, airlines at Heathrow can hand back their slots but still protect their long-term access to them. Those slots are then being handed out on a short-term basis.

For Summer 2021, it is not clear whether there will be any change to the use it or lose it rule. Every airline has reclaimed the slots to which they hold grandfather rights and so Heathrow (as of now) is technically full for Summer 2021. Of course, there will be a lot of airlines either hoping for a slot waiver or going into deals with other airlines to babysit slots for them. None of those will be visible at this point in time.

What you see now and where things end up for Summer 2021 LHR slots will be two very different pictures.

It's not dropped it's COVID suspended

Eastern Schedule Update
 

Looks like Eastern updated their schedules up unto 10th January 2021

No Southampton or Newquay flights, in fact Newquay doesn't return till February
Belfast remains on a Monday and Friday
Aberdeen remains 1 flight Mon to Fri on an E145 shared with Humberside
Heathrow does return from 7th December.

Dublin and Cardiff do not appear as an option in booking engine any more.

The bhd flights now seem to be sou-bhd-mme-bhd-sou. In time no doubt it will be sold as through service. Is cwl-bhd still on the cards?

Eastern applied for 68 slots (presumably 38 would be for a 3 weekday/2 weekend MME and 30 for another route - maybe the PSO for NQY?)
Loganair applied for 138 LHR slots (some would be for IOM, maybe NQY and then possibly LBA and/or MME?)

Eastern applied for MME-LHR and LBA-LHR.

Loganair applied for DND-LHR (which I think they always do?), IOM-LHR and NQY.-LHR.

You can change destinations pretty easily so I wouldn't take it as gospel that's what these are. Eastern's LBA-LHR could easily be covering NQY and Loganair's NQY-LHR could easily be covering MME and none of us would be any the wiser until or unless this ever sees the light of day.

Ryanair to Alicante and Palma the next new routes

Should there be a question mark after that sentence?
Info please.

2 x weekly to each starting S21. Ryanair app shows the airport as Durham Tees however

Thanks to @SeanM1997 on Twitter

Bookable on the Ryanair app

Many thanks for the updates.

Ryanair flights - Mayor - Seismic day
 

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...liday-flights/

Wow! Brilliant news and the classic bucket and spade routes people want.

I would guess RYR not coughing up much in fees to MME but its bums on seats through the Terminal for the Holiday Spenders.

Looks like reasonable flight times.

Alicante - Mon/Fri
Palma - Sat/Tue

Are Eastern still planning on Alicante next summer; I can’t see it on their booking engine.