Really unsure about this rotation pattern. Doesn’t seem to make much sense re nightstopping in NCL/GLA. Would mean KLM would have their own crew and then T3 crew NS too?!

Also, if crew at Teesside for example nightstop early in GLA and then finish late back at MME, they’d have to have a day off the next day as they’d not be in hours for an early again the next day.

Also can’t see road transport to and from HUY to NCL before or after duties.

Hopefully will become clear soon!

Regards

BristolexFlyer

Looks like we won't see Southwind Airlines at NCL this year. It seems to have been banned from European airspace for being controlled from Russia using Turkey as a proxy.

credit - Airliners.Net

According to Flight Radar 24 the first Eastern Flight (E170) for KLM left NCL 3hrs 04 mins late, despite it arriving from AMS only 34 mins late

Extra routes Summer 2025
 

Tui will be operating daily Palma and Dalaman flights in Summer 2025 as well as an additional Thursday flight to Kos and a new route to Agadir.

Dalaman is on 3rd party some days.

Dreamliners operating Sunday to Tenerife and Antalya

Are we looking at a net increase here? Or is there some give in the schedule to allow for the expansion? More third party flying? Something else getting dropped/reduced.

Fantastic to see Agadir finally, it was the logical next step, let’s hope it does well.

Glad to see the binliners sticking about on short haul as well. I wonder if we might get a full season based 787 at some point in the not too distant future

TUI
 

Dalaman is 5 x weekly on 3rd party
2x weekly on TUI metal

It’ll be interesting to see whether the DLM flights are additional third party flying, or making use of the 5 weekly Sun Express flights (providing they keep the same capacity next summer as well)


Edit: my apologies, my own ignorance. Sun Express ops Antalya not Dalaman. So it must be additional capacity - very good from an overall capacity standpoint

Sun Express
 

I hoping that Sun Express will go daily for summer 25 and maybe see them add Dalaman also

I mean… Another daily operation to Turkey would be wild. The growth to that country has been astronomical! Antalya in particular, having blown Dalaman out of the water by the looks of things.

Any additional capacity would be great, and I suppose with package holiday companies onboard, especially if TUI are selling seats on SunExpress then I can see it.

It would be nice to see them add Izmir as well, they have a large hub there, and it would be a nice addition to the TUI portfolio without having to use their own metal on the route.

Personally, I am appalled that so many holidaymakers chose to go to Turkey. A country run by a near dictator and one that
illegally occupies part of another country. Not to forget the abuse of human rights. I guess that too many people don't care, and just want cheap drink, food, as well as teeth and breast implants!

Blimey, you sound like a certain gentleman from the Luton area. Anyway, what is wrong with a nice pair of incisors.

Please please don't compare me to him lol! I am usually very nice, polite and factual but some things upset me lol!

Apologies if this has ben asked before but I somehow got logged out of here on a long holiday and missed a lot.

Anyone know the load factor on Ryanair's flight to BCN, departing 21.45?
I can't understand why anyone would pick a flight that doesn't arrive until the early hours of the morning unless they were visiting family or have business over there.
I went in January, out via AMS and return via CDG.

JET 2 have cancelled NCL - Salzburg flights for Winter 24/25


cr. Sean

believe these flights were operated on behalf of another tour operator ?

Perhaps people returning to BCN after visiting the North East, or like you say VFR and business traffic. BCN has proved popular since Ryanair took it on.

I have been impressed with Ryanair on the 2 trips I've taken with them but I would not use them now to arrive in BCN (or anywhere else) after 1am.

Nope.

I reckon the abysmal snow conditions in lower resorts last winter are driving the alpine skiing tourist towards higher resort, and those in Scandinavia to the detriment of quite a few of the large lower resorts in Tirol and Salzburgerland. Jet2 can just see the writing on the wall and trimming accordingly.

Generally you can see more capacity going into Finland, Norway and Sweden.

AER LINGUS has increased frequency on the DUB route from 7 to 8 weekly with 2 flights on Sundays

Ascend Airways
 

Does anyone know what the flights are for operated by Ascend's G-WEAH 737 max. Flying mainly triangulation of NCL-CWL and EMA.

I'm guessing it's crew training?

Yes, it is. Same as their 738 over previous weeks and the Jet2 A.321's recently. Don't remember us getting so many training flights as in recent months.

It is certainly having an impact with multiple holes appearing in the runway causing issues.

Saying that a number of stands are starting to suffer serious subsidence which is why stand 12 is now out of use for the foreseeable.

I would imagine the weather is having a bigger impact than a handful of extra training flights, which will all be at light weights..

Jokes aside, the infrastructure of NCL is starting to fail and cannot cope with the amount of traffic being pushed through it and it's all down to lack of investment.

The 3 airbridges are continually failing causing problems, the baggage belts cannot cope with the amount of bags on them plus numerous other infrastructure problems regarding layout of stands departing and arriving doors.

One day without rain.

Dispatchdude probably nails it…not seeing much..if any investment in the airside side of the airport? Going back many years I think!

Benji down on Teesside pushing the airport and investing…in comparison ?……not sure what if anything is happening up there/here ?
Turning political..will a new NE mayor invest as much as he has done?

What has the NE Mayor to do with NCL?

They are also trying to get an AOC.

Loganair cancelling the ABZ route on the 10th May is a great shame.....possibly the 'Musical Chairs' will start again and we might see Eastern have another go at it.


cr. SeanM

All small airlines are seeing their flight deck crews being poached by the bigger players.