Further BA LHR rotation reductions… (though some on most domestic routes)

Doubt it, Why they went bust. Happy as it makes the security of my job safer.

Probably right...Belfast is well served.... A few operators have had a go on the route over time.......there was even a rumour a few years ago that Ryanair were considering competing with EZY on the BFS route.

AER LINGUS.....daily to BHD from 28th April

source....aer lingus

Dep,. BHD 1540 arr NCL 1650. Dep NCL 1720 arr BHD 1830 M - F & Su
Dep...BHD 1120 arr NCL 1230..Dep NCL 1305 arr BHD 1415 Sa

Was BA1324 this morning a Dreamliner?

FR24 shows it as an A320 G-EUUP.

I was outside when it was flying in and it looked bigger and slower, a bit like the EK 777 but too early for that, so I looked at FR on my phone and it said a 9 year old 787 Dreamliner.
I had a look on my PC later which had it down as an A320 G-EUUP.

Dreamliner was G-TUIB LGW-NCL to operate to BGI

A-ha!
Thanks

Aer LINGUS
 

well that’s a surprise I didn’t think they would pick up the city route.

well done let’s hope people use it

People were using it albeit loads weren’t brilliant, they were consistently between 40-50% and growing which isn’t bad going head to head with EZY on their well known route to BFS. It was Flybe operating routes with less than 15 people on some routes, consistently, which was crippling them along with their late cancellations and tech issues.

EI have 8 less seats, off the top of my head, so with that in mind and a little more trust in the brand, they’ll be making a little if they can push it to 65-70% loads rather than the aircraft sitting on the ground empty.

One additional flight to Palma in April 23 by Jet2

Speaking of extra cargo flights, West Atlantic seem.to be operating a few flights to Stockholm using a 737-400F. Car parts related?

Some selected Stats from the CAA December 22 reports.

Total PAX for the year ended 31st Dec 22 is 4,127,000 making NCL the 11th largest airport in the UK (behind Belfast Intl. and ahead of Liverpool)

PARIS.........................8116
DUSSELDORf.............2162
FRANKFURT...............3557
DUBLIN....................16,299
CORK....................... 1894
MILAN........................2820
AMSTERDAM..........19,859
BARCELONA.............2743
STAVANGER.............. 585
PRAGUE...................3042
RIGA..........................2337
GDANSK...................2615
KRAKOW..................6251
WROCLAW...............2141
GENEVA...................2698
DUBAI....................18,625

ALICANTE.............. 11,198
MALAGA....................7261
ARRECIFE...............12,498
FUERTEVENTURA......5899
LAS PALMAS.............8191
TENERIFE...............22,440
FARO.......................4590
ANTALYA...................1684
HURGHADA...............2020
BARBADOS................295

VIENNA....................1761
BUDAPEST..............1175
ROVANIEMI..............2414

ABERDEEN.............755
BELFAST CITY........1678*
BELFAST INT.......14,077
BRISTOL................9491
EXETER.................1262
HEATHROW.........35,796
SOUTHAMPTON.....3254

* Shows the demand, even when operated by FLYBE with cancellations....explains why Aer Lingus snapped it up so quickly.

Bit on local news about ATC shortages and CAA ..asking questions…about closures to airspace?

Not good for the regions number 1 airport?

No closures currently NOTAM'd.

Sure it wasn't Teesside - no ATC 18.00-21.00 this evening?

Teesside ? Ben probably kept that out of the news!

Tui

looks like Orlando is increasing to 2x weekly from May 2023 and will continue throughout Summer 2024

JET 2

Two pieces of news from Jet 2, one is that NCL is to become a self handling base and ROME will have two extra flights on the 2nd and 5th May, 2024 to cover Rugby matches.

New routes

a well known guy on twitter has stated some UK airports will gain new routes next week let’s hope NCL is in the list of them.

good news about Jet2
let’s hope there is more

Eurowings to DUS dropped between May and Sptember by the looks of it.

sad news but heard it’s due to staffing hopefully it’s back later in the year

One of NCL's oldest routes....used to operate as NCL - AMS - DUS back in the dark ages.....always been a popular destination.

Nice to see Corenden back tomorrow with an ANTALYA via Birmingham flight.

Staffing issues don't seem to have affected the new DUS-OSL route announced this week

As at this morning, Eurowings NCL - DUS 4 x weekly are still bookable on their website throughout the summer.

Amongst many others…..
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/22121...3?rq=eurowings

I wouldn't thank you for that routing (albeit early season)
Who does low-cost double drops?!

Maybe the pax will move over to FRA ?

DUS a route that could move over to FR ?

Maybe LH will introduce Munich ( which they did have planned pre FRA)

It was more than planned, it did operate for a few short weeks before Covid made its impact felt.

DUS
 

Still bookable up to OCT 23.
Has there been an announcement re stopping this route ?

It was missing the other day when I looked but seems to have been reinstated. Even the LH website only had prices of £600 each way

Good news indeed.....not good to lose business routes out of the mix.

DUS has always been an odd one - few other second tier UK airports ever offered it - any idea why it was so popular from NCL?

I’m going to take a guess at the links to the army bases near by.

I've used this route quite a few times over the years. The Dorf is brilliant for a weekend on the lash and is also a magnet for German stag & hen do's. Its also a great base if you want to watch German football with quite a few teams from Bundesliga to 3. Liga within 1-2 hours train journey. Add to that that most Bundesliga tickets include free transport on the day of the game which makes going to games more attractive. Strangely, there's quite a few Germans use this route too. Seems to be a mixture of families and people on buisiness although there used to be a few Germans studying at Sunderland Uni too. Not sure if that's still the case.

How is LH doing at NCL?
It has been thoroughly trashed in the March edition of Which? Travel, close to bottom for short haul and bottom for long haul.

https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/airp...s-amiss8P8bbwx

Jan 23 says it s 6th best

Manchester comes bottom of the pile

This month.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....25e9c1a835.jpg

ah - you're talking about AIRLINES- I though you were talking about Airports................ :ok: