Your Airport in review 2006, and Expectations for 2007

BRISTOL…………..Closed😮

No seriously

Easyjet
Bordeaux
Ibiza

Ryanair
Girona

FCA
Dominican Republic
Orlando
Cuba

SAS
Stockholm

Aer Arann
Galway
Nantes

Fly Gibraltar
Gibraltar

Plus the usual suspects operating some more routes to the Med (MYT, XLA, TCX)

New runway surface in 2007……..very likely!

I know, I hope it is coming because my dad – Who is doing electrical work at NCL has done the electrics for the airbridge and apparantly it’s for BA who after the drop LGW will have ONE service from NCL – seems pointless to me.

I hope EK come to NCL!! – We need it!

Newcastle was on the Emirates website a few weeks ago, unfortunately thats disappeared.

I hope EK come to NCL!! – We need it!

Well it seems to be happening. Thats if the link i have is true..
http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/3183701/
Supposidly Starting daily with the first flight on 1.9.07 using an A330-200.
Congrats to NCL if it is true:D

Yeh i know mate but with NCL it really is better to wait for conformation.

We have been let down allot in the last few years.

Number one.

American Airlines anounce a daily service to New York then they pull out

Number Two.

Travel city direct say they want to run a 747 in once a week to fly to orlando then they pull out and thing about going to MME of all places!!

Now a route with Emirates could work we are capable of handing the A330 rumour has it there builiding an new airbridge for her. Im just worried about the catchment area.

Does any one have any opinions on the rumours that Emerates are coming to NCL??

Rumours are that its going to be an A330 daily with its own stand and airBridge.

Well it seems to be happening. Thats if the link i have is true..
http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/3183701/
Supposidly Starting daily with the first flight on 1.9.07 using an A330-200.
Congrats to NCL if it is true:D

Leeds/Bradford International Airport.

Well it’s been a mix of ups and downs from LBA this year 2006. First up was Jet2.com moved all operations to LBA from its Bournemouth base. Astraeus have announced that they summer Charter based was to be closed. (bmi are coming into replace them next summer) Thomsonfly also closed there based operation.
Eastern dropped Isle of Man after very bad passenger numbers. But soon after a new airline appeared at LBA, Manx2.com with LET410’s. Eastern started a new Inverness route.
bmi regional dropped routes to Cork and Jersey but added an extra 5th daily Heathrow rotation. Aer Arann took over the Cork route and also introduced a new destination in Ireland, Galway. Centralwings appeared for a short time on the Warsaw route. but this did’nt last long. now Jet2 fly to Krakow.
Flybe introduced new routes to Aberdeen and Bergerac in france. While on the charter front Astraeus operated a greece programme of flights to Corfu, Heraklion, Rhodes & Zakynthos for Thomas Cook. The airline also has started the very first flight to Banjul in the gambia from this region. A new taxi-way was constructed at the airport. 2007 Also see’s the airport now up for sale. Several operators are intreasted.

New Routes

Jet2.com = Almeria, Valencia, Toulose, Krakow, Arrecife, Dusseldorf, Ibiza, Salzburg & Milan-Bergamo was restated
Aer Arann = Galway & Cork
Flybe.com = Aberdeen & Bergerac
Manx2.com = Isle of Man
Eastern Airways = Inverness
Astareus = Rhodes, Heraklion, Zakynthos & Banjul the Gambia.
Centralwings = Warsaw.

Dropped routes
Eastern Airways = Isle of Man
bmi british midland = Jersey & Cork
Centralwings.com = Warsaw
Thomsonfly & Astraeus both dropped bases at LBA

Well my local airport had a fairly quiet year for the first half, and then the second half of the year has been pretty turbulent!

It all started in September when bmibaby announced they were pulling out (2 based aircraft operating ALC AGP CDG JER LGW NQY ORK PMI).

Shortly after, Ryanair announced a new 3x weekly service to Girona/Barcelona, due to start in February 2007.

Wizzair seized the opportunity by announcing new 3x weekly service to Warsaw that will start in July 2007.

FlyGlobespan have then announced 2 based aircraft, one coming in March (ALC AGP FAO PMI) and then the 2nd in June (IBZ JER MAH NCE PUY and upgrading ALC AGP PMI). Still rumours of TFS to be added, and may see an announcement towards the middle of the summer as regards to what happens over the winter (long haul has been mentioned).

In December we have seen the approval of big expansion plans by both Stockton and Darlington Council’s, and this expansion should start in 2007. It will see an extended and improved terminal, 9 new stands, plus a maintenance/cargo village on the south side.

To add to that, towards the end of the summer a new terminal frontage was completed, giving the terminal a much nicer brushed metal look to the front!

So all in all, over baby pulling out I think we’ve done pretty well! 8 routes replaced with 11 routes!

Scott

Does any one have any opinions on the rumours that Emerates are coming to NCL??

Rumours are that its going to be an A330 daily with its own stand and airBridge.

Im more inclined to wait for conformation when it comes to NCl we have been let down quite a bit over the last few years for example:

AA and Travelcity direct.

My bad. You also missed Male out for new route in 07 from FCA:D

Thanks for the prompt replies so far – keep them coming if you remember any more 🙂

Virgin Nigeria

Transferred its ops from LHR to LGW

I think that was December 2005 – close but no cigar :diablo:

…but were did you get your information about FCA. Colombo HASNT been launched yet. It has been speculated.

Sorry that should have read announced for launch in Feb 2007, it’s been confirmed.
I’ve edited the post to reflect the changes, thanks Josh and Tom!

An addition to what Phil has put…
Virgin Nigeria

Transferred its ops from LHR to LGW

My dad knows somebody who works for Virgin Nigeria & apparantly they are planning to move to Stansted.

hey when does Aer Arran Start From Newcastle

i must of missed that one!!!!!!!!!!!

jason

Starts 25th June 2007 using an ATR 72

hey when does Aer Arran Start From Newcastle

i must of missed that one!!!!!!!!!!!

jason

An addition to what Phil has put…

European Air Charter

Started flights to Rimini

Air Madrid

Launched a 2x daily flight to MAD.
Stopped all flights. Unknown when they will resume.

Virgin Atlantic

Purchased the maintenance facility at LGW. Air India, Sri Lankan Airlines and many more visited in the first few months

Virgin Nigeria

Transferred its ops from LHR to LGW

Transaero

Transferred ops to LHR

Ethiopian

Transferred ops to LHR

more to come

easyJet

Knock, Shannon and Cork routes dropped.
3 times daily Glasgow service launched
Split, Marrakech and Milan Malpensa launched.
Increased frequencies on other routes.

…& Pisa, Krakow, Palermo, Fez which all start during 07

phil.(correct me if im wrong) but were did you get your information about FCA. Colombo HASNT been launched yet. It has been speculated. Also along with that is Male. These are suppose to start around Feb or March. The route will be(if it happens) the same as Manchester. LGW-CMB-MLE-LGW. Just a little correction for you:D Otherwise. Wow we did get some growth here this year.

edit: On the GSM launching services to Toronto bit. Will taht acctually be a GSM aircraft of another codeshare with Air Transat?

It’s been a very busy year yet again for Gatwick, the world’s busiest single airport runway. This list is nowhere near as comprehensive as I’d like it to be, so I hope to be updating it over the next few days to get it more accurate!

Here’s a round up of what’s happened in 2006:

London Gatwick/LGW/EGKK

airBaltic

Switched services from LHR to Gatwick for Summer 06

Air Transat

Added third weekly Toronto service for Winter 06/07

Air Zimbabwe

Suspended flights in November over debt issues, has now resumed these. Some flights now operate via Malawi (Lilongwe) and Zambia (Lusaka)

Astraeus

Gatwick – Liberia (Monrovia) to launch in January 2007
Launched Banjul service in May

bmibaby

Teesside service dropped November

British Airways

Dropped Athens, Riga, Kiev and Newcastle
Announced Dresden, Sarajevo and Trinidad (added as a stop on the Barbados flights)
Launced Varna in March
Launched Salzburg in December
Launched Reykjavik

Centralwings

Launched Gatwick – Wroclaw

Delta

New daily JFK service launched – to go twice daily from next spring.

easyJet

Knock, Shannon and Cork routes dropped.
3 times daily Glasgow service launched
Split, Marrakech and Milan Malpensa launched.
Increased frequencies on other routes.
Announced Pisa, Krakow, Palermo and Fez in 2007.

First Choice

New longhaul service to Recife launched Summer 06
New longhaul service to Colombo & Male announced for Feb 2007

flyglobespan

Announced Toronto Hamilton for 2007

GB Airways

Dropped Valencia service in May

Jet2

Dropped Manchester from March 2007, launch Newcastle in its place

Malev

Launched Budapest service in May (Switched from STN)

Monarch Scheduled

Increased frequencies to Faro during Summer 06
Launched Lanzarote service in May
Launched Tenerife for the Winter 06/07 timetable

Northwest

DC10 services phased out completely. All flights now operated with A330 equipment

Oasis Hong Kong

New service to Hong Kong launched in October

Sterling

Aalborg launched.
Stockholm announced for March 2007

Virgin Atlantic

Launched Montego Bay service on Mondays and Wednesdays
Increased Las Vegas flights to daily service
Purchased maintenance facility causing non-regular long-haul aircraft to visit.
Took over maintenance for GB Airways from BA, fuelling rumours that the GB/BA Franchise would end.

Zoom UK

Expected launch March-May 2007 routes to America (JFK possibly) expected

PHEW! What a year !!

BFS: 2006/07

Well BFS has finally broken the 5 Million mark this year. Helped by new services by Jet2.com/Flyglobespan/Zoom and an increased charter programme.

New Routes started in 2006 included:

Jet2.com – MJV/PSA/TFS
Easyjet – INV/NCE (withdrawn from BFS)
Flyglobespan – SFB
Zoom – YVR

New Routes starting in 2007 include:

Jet2.com – PMI/IBZ/AGP/TLS/BGY and increased freq on most other routes.
(3 Based A/C for 2007)

Easyjet – KRK ( 5 based A/C)

Wizz Air – WAW/KTW

Fly Globespan – YHM

Let’s hope for more new routes and destinations in Europe/USA to be announced in 2007.

Happy New Year to you all!!

Richard

Very entertaining depiction of EMA Skymonster! I could probably say the same thing about LPL.

Flex