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Possible Monarch UK regional expansion in summer 2012

Monarch Travel Group tour operations director, Hugh Morgan, said today that the group was considering an increase in regional flying next year.

They are looking at basing aircraft at Bristol, East Midlands and Newcastle airports in summer 2012.

He said it would be a big investment but they couldn't use a foreign carrier as 'people don't necessarily support it', so they would have to base aircraft at the airports mentioned.

It wasn't so many years ago that regional airports of all sizes in the UK saw a myriad of foreign carriers on charter flights, so I don't quite follow the argument.
 
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Possible Monarch UK regional expansion in summer 2012

Monarch Travel Group tour operations director, Hugh Morgan, said today that the group was considering an increase in regional flying next year.

They are looking at basing aircraft at Bristol, East Midlands and Newcastle airports in summer 2012.

He said it would be a big investment but they couldn't use a foreign carrier as 'people don't necessarily support it', so they would have to base aircraft at the airports mentioned.

It wasn't so many years ago that regional airports of all sizes in the UK saw a myriad of foreign carriers on charter flights, so I don't quite follow the argument.
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I am wondering whether the Newcastle airport catchment area can cope with many more European flights from the airport. Recent years have seen Jet2 battling it out against Easyjet at Newcastle and if anything Easyjet has had a partial withdrawal from the airport. I can't imagine all three low cost carriers surviving at Newcastle airport.
 
Or is this talking about Monarch basing an aircraft at these airports for Inclusive Tour use rather than LOCO operations?
 
I would say there is little to tell them apart these days as they all offer a 'holiday' brand alongside their low cost brands.
 
True, but I was thinking along the lines of the operation Thomas Cook have at LBA - which is an IT charter, with a limited number of seat only passengers. Isn't that what Thomson operate also from DSA having binned most (if not all) their true LOCO flights? Monarch have long been the main charter carrier for Cosmos Holidays, so the emphasis could be on charter rather than LOCO where they would be head to head in competition with established Newcastle carriers Easyjet and Jet2.
 
Air Transat has served smaller airports in the past possibly even Newcastle previously. I know LBA was served by them, possibly Exeter if anybody can confirm?
 
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Delight as Newcastle Airport Welcomes Brand New Airline

www.newcastleairport.com www.newcastleairport.com

I am confused with this new airline, lol. But why Madrid for such a short series of flights, I can undersatnd ACE, LPA ??
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I agree. People entering the UK from mainland Spain still need to quarantine for 14 days. Given the current infection rate in Spain it would be a major surprise if the need to quarantine had been lifted by the time the Christmas Holiday period was with us.
 
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I agree. People entering the UK from mainland Spain still need to quarantine for 14 days. Given the current infection rate in Spain it would be a major surprise if the need to quarantine had been lifted by the time the Christmas Holiday period was with us.
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And they don't even operate for Christmas as the first flights are from the 26th Decemebr for 1 week ? Is it lazy journalisn and the dates are incorrect ??
 
I except that the aircraft and crew are Madrid based so it could to rotate them.
 
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And they don't even operate for Christmas as the first flights are from the 26th Decemebr for 1 week ? Is it lazy journalisn and the dates are incorrect ??
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You'd think or at least hope that the NCL website would have the correct information.

It's only at eight-day window and in the current situation and with an airline not well known in the area it seems a bit of a gamble.
 
ZFG are a start-up cargo airline planning a long haul hub at Newcastle.

New ZFG Air freight service to take off at Newcastle International Airport - North East Times Magazine

A new global freight airline is taking off from the region, with bosses promising a “significant number” of jobs and help for companies to break into “lucrative untapped markets”. ZFG Air has unveiled services at Newcastle International Airport. Officials say its twice-weekly operations, due to...
netimesmagazine.co.uk netimesmagazine.co.uk

www.ch-aviation.com

UK's ZFG Air eyes cargo flights from Newcastle

ZFG Air plans to establish an air cargo hub at Newcastle International airport in the north of England, initially using a chartered A330-200 in a makeshift...
www.ch-aviation.com www.ch-aviation.com

During a press event at the airport, ZFG Air said its operations would begin this month with Dubai Int'land Hong Kong Int'l identified as its first destinations.
 
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