Low cost airline flybe have announced that they wish Newcastle International Airport to become one of their main bases. They will open 2 new routes, Southampton and Exeter in October 2004, with potentially many more coming for next summer and beyond.
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By: andrewm - 30th June 2004 at 10:44
flybe are getting Boeing 737 as Cabin Crew Training for B0oeing 737s has already started and that was told to me by my friends girlfriend who is a BHD based Cabin Crew Member
By: LBARULES - 29th June 2004 at 21:40
Yeah OK, I know they are a low cost carrier now, ( Or they like to think they are ), but I still don’t class them as the same sort of airline as Ryanair or MyTravel Lite.
By: RIPConcorde - 29th June 2004 at 21:29
Shamrock, no airline will go against Ryanair on the DUB route, they have a monopoly. The only exception I can think of is MyTravel Lite from BHX, and from what I can gather, before Ryanair got rid of most flights out of BHX that was failing, but is now doing OK, with fewer RYR flights in there.
and Aer Lingus! 🙂
By: RIPConcorde - 29th June 2004 at 21:28
Fly be are soon to be getting A319s, will these be used on the new base?
Easy now, they’ve not even ordered them!
If they do get them they are for their ‘Scottish expansion’ that they have promised, and I much look forward to!
By: MANAIRPORTMAD - 29th June 2004 at 21:24
Fly be are soon to be getting A319s, will these be used on the new base?
By: LBARULES - 29th June 2004 at 21:22
Maybe thelly becoem the second airline on NCL-DUB.
Shamrock, no airline will go against Ryanair on the DUB route, they have a monopoly. The only exception I can think of is MyTravel Lite from BHX, and from what I can gather, before Ryanair got rid of most flights out of BHX that was failing, but is now doing OK, with fewer RYR flights in there.
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th June 2004 at 20:09
They could, as they do it at Exeter and somewhere else too. But then again, I would have some doubts as Ryanair are doing very well on their services, fully booked most of the time.
By: SHAMROCK321 - 29th June 2004 at 19:25
Maybe thelly becoem the second airline on NCL-DUB.
By: Johnny - 29th June 2004 at 17:34
I’m really pleased that flybe have reinstated themselves here, I just hope it lasts.
I would think it will last, providing they dont get in the way of EZY. There clearly is demand for flights to the south, hence the success of the EZY NCL-BRS flights, and Air Wales to Plymouth via Cardiff must be doing OK as they would have puled it by now if it wasnt.
Southampton and Exeter will be a success, if the market is similar to that of BRS, but I’m not sure how the Eastern NCL-SOU service will be affected.
The best way to expand, especially in the case of LCCs is to experiment with new routes, like EZY did with Prague, Barcelona etc. and like HLX did with Hanover.
If flybe take the risk, and offer more European flights from NCL, I think they have got a good chance of working.
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th June 2004 at 17:26
I think it’s good that flybe have reconsidered their base at Newcastle and new routes and all that, but the only reason that flybe are coming back to base at Newcastle is because of the success of easyJet and the unexpectancy of low cost services. I’m really pleased that flybe have reinstated themselves here, I just hope it lasts. Yes it is Good news for Newcastle! They’ll really have to get on with the expansion of the apron and the runway and stands and all. Woo Hoo!
By: LBARULES - 29th June 2004 at 16:30
Lets hope EasyJet and FlyBe complement each other, and fly different ones, and that one doesen’t get rid of the other.
Good news for Newcastle.
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