Wor flights from Teesside to Dortmund for the Geordies

[ThatFragranceGuy]

Thanks for the lesson on how forums work but you have put that reply above and on other threads, it seems to be your go to answer and it's wearing a bit thin.

Oh, and bye the way, I never stated any individuals name regarding slating the airport but if the cap fits.

Well if people keep not undesstandjf how forums work, I'll continue to educate. If it's wearing thin, stop being shocked when people use forums as designed.

Same comment to your last comment... you put something on a forum and someone replied, shocked face.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

Well if people keep not undesstandjf how forums work, I'll continue to educate. If it's wearing thin, stop being shocked when people use forums as designed.

Same comment to your last comment... you put something on a forum and someone replied, shocked face.

Take your d1ck out of your hand and stop being a w@nker.

 

[Blf]

Flew to Dortmund for our UEFA Cup final.

Flew to Dussledorf Weeze from Stanstead for the final. Cost 3 of us 1p each (+£9 in tax). Mate had flew there before while visiting family in Holland so knew it was next to nothing if you booked early enough. Hired a car for £30 and drove to Eindhoven which was about 30 miles away.
Once booked I put it on here and the flight filled up quickly. Some people paid around £20 and the late bookers paid nearly £200. Well worth it still.

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

Take your d1ck out of your hand and stop being a w@nker.

how does a grown man get so triggered because someone has a different view to him over an airport

Like are you ok?

 

[JM14]

£600 for a flight to Germany is unbelievable, who on earth is paying that

 

[JM14]

Hah, that will be a difficult flight for the Geordies, I’ve hardly known any Geordie fly from anywhere except N‘Cassell.

Difficult one for some posters on here who seem to want to run down Teesside’s own airport and drive an hour and a half up the road to fly from Ponteland.

If you fancy going somewhere other than Amsterdam or Benidorm, you need to consider driving to another airport

 

[SilentProf]

£600 for a flight to Germany is unbelievable, who on earth is paying that

The same people who pay for hospitality tickets and meet and greet access at concerts. You’re travelling to the game with former players and getting lounge access beforehand. For some people it’s worth it, especially once the other flights fill up and charge more.

 

[JM14]

The same people who pay for hospitality tickets and meet and greet access at concerts. You’re travelling to the game with former players and getting lounge access beforehand. For some people it’s worth it, especially once the other flights fill up and charge more.

Legends don’t look to have been announced yet, so that’s a bit of a risk, and airport lounge access is worth about 40 quid. Seems like a complete rip off

 

[HolgateCorner]

Not sure what charging geordies £599 makes it difficult with regard to Teesside's airport other than being another Teeside flight, but imagine will be nice and quiet for them there with no queues and plenty of parking spaces, funded by the Teeside taxpayer. Brill work by Ben, money well spent etc

I think if you argue there is no need for Teesside then you may as well argue to get rid of all regional airports and expand and modernise the ’proper’ hub airports.

Ponteland and Yeadon airports would close. Both are in very poor locations for anybody outside the immediate area.

Edinburgh and Manchester would be expanded and improved to be easier to use and access. The airlines would benefit from the economies of scale this would achieve and bring flight prices down.

Further down you would have Birmingham and Heathrow and one other big London airport.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

how does a grown man get so triggered because someone has a different view to him over an airport

Like are you ok?

That's the thing, we both have the same view and think the airport is a money pit. I just don't slate it at every opportunity.

Regarding being triggered, what are you talking about?

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

I think if you argue there is no need for Teesside then you may as well argue to get rid of all regional airports and expand and modernise the ’proper’ hub airports.

Ponteland and Yeadon airports would close. Both are in very poor locations for anybody outside the immediate area.

Edinburgh and Manchester would be expanded and improved to be easier to use and access. The airlines would benefit from the economies of scale this would achieve and bring flight prices down.

Further down you would have Birmingham and Heathrow and one other big London airport.

Even if they were in poor locations, they have excellent transport links with regular bus and train services. Newcastle had more people use it during Covid than used Teesside In its busiest ever year, and post Covid has over 4m passengers. Leeds is smaller but still nearly achieved that and has 3.2m

Both fly to numerous more destinations than us. Sometimes multiple airlines per destination and multiple flight times a day. Seems a strange stance to say that it may as well close those down when we've spent £100m to have an airport with 170k passengers.

They're usually cheaper to fly from, better flight times and easy to get to for people from outside the area. Teeside (or are we going to start calling it Middleton airport?) isn't even that easy to get to for people in our area, those outside the area have very little call to use it.

 

[gizasqueezemister]

Even if they were in poor locations, they have excellent transport links with regular bus and train services. Newcastle had more people use it during Covid than used Teesside In its busiest ever year, and post Covid has over 4m passengers. Leeds is smaller but still nearly achieved that and has 3.2m

Both fly to numerous more destinations than us. Sometimes multiple airlines per destination and multiple flight times a day. Seems a strange stance to say that it may as well close those down when we've spent £100m to have an airport with 170k passengers.

They're usually cheaper to fly from, better flight times and easy to get to for people from outside the area. Teeside (or are we going to start calling it Middleton airport?) isn't even that easy to get to for people in our area, those outside the area have very little call to use it.

I would rather than call it Middleton than Teeside. Where the F is that?? And btw I have used it 6 times this year and it isn't all 'Teesside' accents you hear. Yorkshire, Durham and Tyne in equal amounts from what I recall.

 

[HolgateCorner]

Even if they were in poor locations, they have excellent transport links with regular bus and train services. Newcastle had more people use it during Covid than used Teesside In its busiest ever year, and post Covid has over 4m passengers. Leeds is smaller but still nearly achieved that and has 3.2m

Both fly to numerous more destinations than us. Sometimes multiple airlines per destination and multiple flight times a day. Seems a strange stance to say that it may as well close those down when we've spent £100m to have an airport with 170k passengers.

They're usually cheaper to fly from, better flight times and easy to get to for people from outside the area. Teeside (or are we going to start calling it Middleton airport?) isn't even that easy to get to for people in our area, those outside the area have very little call to use it.

I can’t be bothered to fact check your figures but I will assume you are correct.

Transport links to Newcastle and Leeds are not ‘excellent’. Newcastle airport is on the wrong side of Newcastle for it to be truly an airport for all of the north east. Leeds isn’t particularly conveniently located even if you live in Leeds and it is very run down.

But my main point is that you can always construct a case to get rid of regional infrastructure in favour of doing it all more efficiently at a centralised hub.

If all northern flights went from Manchester with all airlines based there I bet the prices would come down sharply. Parking and facilities for passengers could also be brought up to Shippol standard. Yes the Geordies would have to get in the car and drive up to Edinburgh or go down the road to Manchester but so what, they would get soon used to it.

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

I can’t be bothered to fact check your figures but I will assume you are correct.

Transport links to Newcastle and Leeds are not ‘excellent’. Newcastle airport is on the wrong side of Newcastle for it to be truly an airport for all of the north east. Leeds isn’t particularly conveniently located even if you live in Leeds and it is very run down.

But my main point is that you can always construct a case to get rid of regional infrastructure in favour of doing it all more efficiently at a centralised hub.

If all northern flights went from Manchester with all airlines based there I bet the prices would come down sharply. Parking and facilities for passengers could also be brought up to Shippol standard. Yes the Geordies would have to get in the car and drive up to Edinburgh or go down the road to Manchester but so what, they would get soon used to it.

you can drive to Newcastle airport in an hour from here

You can get a national express bus there for a tenner from here, again an hour

You can get train that takes you straight to Newcastle terminal

It's really not hard to get to from outside of its area, very easy to get to from In the area. 13 mins by car from Newcastle city centre, several buses, metro again straight to the terminal. For an airport that has poor transport links, 5 million people seem to muddle their way through it.

Same for Leeds - A1, A2 & A3 flyer takes people from surrounding areas, 20 mins from Leeds city centre by car, 20 minutes from Bradford by car.

Again for an airport that isn't apparently convenient to get to from Leeds there seems to be a lot of ways to get there and 3 million people seem to manage

Then Teeside poots along with one train a week and a couple of bus services to serve its few daily flights. Can't even begin to compare them.

I don't mind travelling to Manchester or even further for an airport, I regularly do because it saves a lot but disagree that any of that makes any actual sense because Newcastle and Leeds can clearly both support busy airlines and you wouldn't be able to effectively relocate the tens of millions of passenger from the other airports, Newcastle is only the 11th busiest in the UK.

 

[gizasqueezemister]

you can drive to Newcastle airport in an hour from here

You can get a national express bus there for a tenner from here, again an hour

You can get train that takes you straight to Newcastle terminal

It's really not hard to get to from outside of its area, very easy to get to from In the area. 13 mins by car from Newcastle city centre, several buses, metro again straight to the terminal. For an airport that has poor transport links, 5 million people seem to muddle their way through it.

Same for Leeds - A1, A2 & A3 flyer takes people from surrounding areas, 20 mins from Leeds city centre by car, 20 minutes from Bradford by car.

Again for an airport that isn't apparently convenient to get to from Leeds there seems to be a lot of ways to get there and 3 million people seem to manage

Then Teeside poots along with one train a week and a couple of bus services to serve its few daily flights. Can't even begin to compare them.

I don't mind travelling to Manchester or even further for an airport, I regularly do because it saves a lot but disagree that any of that makes any actual sense because Newcastle and Leeds can clearly both support busy airlines and you wouldn't be able to effectively relocate the tens of millions of passenger from the other airports, Newcastle is only the 11th busiest in the UK.

National express from Boro to Newcastle airport in an hour. At a take off time of your choosing. Are you sure? Yes I have 'muddled' my way to Newcastle airport many times for work over the last 12 years, often paying 80 quid each way in a taxi because of take off and landing times. I will take the Teesside option any day of the week. And will be again a week on Monday. Yes it's limited at the moment, but it beggars belief that fellow 'Teesiders' can't wait to take up the opportunity to knock it, rather than get behind it and see it thrive. Or does it... politics no doubt once again.

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

National express from Boro to Newcastle airport in an hour. At a take off time of your choosing. Are you sure? Yes I have 'muddled' my way to Newcastle airport many times for work over the last 12 years, often paying 80 quid each way in a taxi because of take off and landing times. I will take the Teesside option any day of the week. And will be again a week on Monday. Yes it's limited at the moment, but it beggars belief that fellow 'Teesiders' can't wait to take up the opportunity to knock it, rather than get behind it and see it thrive. Or does it... politics no doubt once again.

Of course I am not sure about national express, because I didn't say at a time of your choosing, I said you can get to Newcastle airport via national express for a tenner. That's an airport in another region, yet you can't easily get to our own airport. If that doesn't work for you, get the metro which rolls straight into the terminal. If that doesn't work for you you can drive, usually with parking it's still been more cost effective although Teesside is getting closer but this year we've been to Manchester and East Midlands airports because connecting flights from Teesside were either rubbish or expensive and it was cheaper to drive and park than it was to fly locally, even from Newcastle or Leeds in those instances. Of course no amount of transport links will help you if the airport doesn't go to where you want to go, which is usually the blocker.

If there was a Teesside option available I would take it every time but it's usually more expensive per person or crap flight Times and I'm not paying extra £££ or losing most of a days holiday so I can beat my chest and say I flew from Teesside. And that's assuming they even fly where I want to go - I dont holiday in Aberdeen or Alicante and it's rare I go Mallorca.

You can't get behind something if it costs the majority of your mayoral transport budget, which is to serve the entire area, but it doesn't actual serve you or the majority of your area. Nothing political about that, if it was a labour mayor running it it would still be a folly and I would still not be flying from there unless it worked for me - and it appears most people feel the same way seeing as the glowing comments are always how there is plenty of parking and no queues, generally because no one is using it.

Teesside airport all week...

Flight No.	To	Scheduled	Status
Wednesday 18th October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	16:25	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-
FR3519	Faro	18:40	On Time	-
Thursday 19th October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	16:25	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-
Friday 20th October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
FR5988	Palma De Mallorca	08:30	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	13:35	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-
Saturday 21st October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
FR3519	Faro	10:40	On Time	-
TOM5674	Palma De Mallorca	13:40	On Time	-
FR5986	Alicante	20:15	On Time	-
Sunday 22nd October
FR5988	Palma De Mallorca	09:10	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	19:55	On Time	-
Monday 23rd October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM816	Norwich	15:30	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	16:25	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-
Tuesday 24th October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
FR5986	Alicante	09:35	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
TOM5200	Palma De Mallorca	14:55	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	16:25	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-

Vs Newcastle today alone

Flight	Airport	Scheduled
LS593	ZAKYNTHOS	0550
FR425	LAS PALMAS	0555
BA1321	LONDON HEATHROW	0600
TOM1376	RHODES	0600
FR450	KRAKOW	0605
KL952	AMSTERDAM	0605
TOM1346	PALMA	0615
LS6498	KRAKOW	0630
LS583	ALICANTE	0645
LS597	FARO	0645
LM001	OSLO via ABERDEEN	0655
LS557	MALAGA	0710
LS1907	KEFLAVIK	0800
EZY068	BELFAST INTL	0820
EZY238	BRISTOL	0830
LS515	PAPHOS	0835
FR2347	PALMA	0840
LS561	DALAMAN	0910
BA1325	LONDON HEATHROW	0930
EJU7256	PALMA	0930
KL954	AMSTERDAM	0930
LS543	LARNACA	1005
AF1059	PARIS	1045
BA1327	LONDON HEATHROW	1105
EI3351	DUBLIN	1110
FR4080	ALICANTE	1110
FR173	DUBLIN	1310
KL960	AMSTERDAM	1320
EK036	DUBAI	1405
TOM1364	PAPHOS	1405
LM004	SOUTHAMPTON	1420
XC8114	ANTALYA	1420
LM007	ABERDEEN	1435
LM511	NEWQUAY	1435
TOM1314	TENERIFE	1455
LS507	ANTALYA	1515
LS517	TENERIFE	1540
LS565	KOS	1540
LS581	RHODES	1540
LS521	FUERTEVENTURA	1550
BA1335	LONDON HEATHROW	1630
FR418	IBIZA	1635
TOM1378	KOS	1640
FR4538	PALMA	1645
TOM768	ANTALYA	1645
EI3669	BELFAST CITY	1720
KL964	AMSTERDAM	1730
EZY074	BELFAST INTL	1825
LM539	SOUTHAMPTON	1825
BA1329	LONDON HEATHROW	1835
FR017	DUBLIN	1840
BA1337	LONDON HEATHROW	2030
EZY242	BRISTOL	2125
FR021	DUBLIN	2300
A3635	ATHENS	2320

we just booked to go to krakow again in December, flying from Newcastle with 2 mates. The flights were £60 for a direct flight from Newcastle. 2.5 hour flights, metro to the terminal £20 each, no parking needed, £46pp for the premium lounge.

Airport and travel costs per person £126

Same trip from tessside when we checked was a connecting flight via Amsterdam that was 4.5 hours there and over 5 hours on way back. Cost per person for the flight was £280, standard lounge is the only option and that's £40, taxi to airport £18 so total cost per person for airport and travel costs £324.50, making flying from Teesside a premium of £198.40. That's per person - with a group of 4, that's £793.60.

Our accommodation is £350, so by flying from Newcastle we've got a pot of £433 spending money between us in money saved by not flying from Teesside to the same destination at the same time; plus of course Les's messing around in airports and time on planes. But sure, it's totally a politics thing keeping us from using it.

 

[Jonny_Rondos_Disco_pants]

Of course I am not sure about national express, because I didn't say at a time of your choosing, I said you can get to Newcastle airport via national express for a tenner. That's an airport in another region, yet you can't easily get to our own airport. If that doesn't work for you, get the metro which rolls straight into the terminal. If that doesn't work for you you can drive, usually with parking it's still been more cost effective although Teesside is getting closer but this year we've been to Manchester and East Midlands airports because connecting flights from Teesside were either rubbish or expensive and it was cheaper to drive and park than it was to fly locally, even from Newcastle or Leeds in those instances. Of course no amount of transport links will help you if the airport doesn't go to where you want to go, which is usually the blocker.

If there was a Teesside option available I would take it every time but it's usually more expensive per person or crap flight Times and I'm not paying extra £££ or losing most of a days holiday so I can beat my chest and say I flew from Teesside. And that's assuming they even fly where I want to go - I dont holiday in Aberdeen or Alicante and it's rare I go Mallorca.

You can't get behind something if it costs the majority of your mayoral transport budget, which is to serve the entire area, but it doesn't actual serve you or the majority of your area. Nothing political about that, if it was a labour mayor running it it would still be a folly and I would still not be flying from there unless it worked for me - and it appears most people feel the same way seeing as the glowing comments are always how there is plenty of parking and no queues, generally because no one is using it.

Teesside airport all week...

Flight No.	To	Scheduled	Status
Wednesday 18th October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	16:25	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-
FR3519	Faro	18:40	On Time	-
Thursday 19th October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	16:25	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-
Friday 20th October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
FR5988	Palma De Mallorca	08:30	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	13:35	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-
Saturday 21st October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
FR3519	Faro	10:40	On Time	-
TOM5674	Palma De Mallorca	13:40	On Time	-
FR5986	Alicante	20:15	On Time	-
Sunday 22nd October
FR5988	Palma De Mallorca	09:10	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	19:55	On Time	-
Monday 23rd October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM816	Norwich	15:30	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	16:25	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-
Tuesday 24th October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
FR5986	Alicante	09:35	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
TOM5200	Palma De Mallorca	14:55	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	16:25	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-

Vs Newcastle today alone

Flight	Airport	Scheduled
LS593	ZAKYNTHOS	0550
FR425	LAS PALMAS	0555
BA1321	LONDON HEATHROW	0600
TOM1376	RHODES	0600
FR450	KRAKOW	0605
KL952	AMSTERDAM	0605
TOM1346	PALMA	0615
LS6498	KRAKOW	0630
LS583	ALICANTE	0645
LS597	FARO	0645
LM001	OSLO via ABERDEEN	0655
LS557	MALAGA	0710
LS1907	KEFLAVIK	0800
EZY068	BELFAST INTL	0820
EZY238	BRISTOL	0830
LS515	PAPHOS	0835
FR2347	PALMA	0840
LS561	DALAMAN	0910
BA1325	LONDON HEATHROW	0930
EJU7256	PALMA	0930
KL954	AMSTERDAM	0930
LS543	LARNACA	1005
AF1059	PARIS	1045
BA1327	LONDON HEATHROW	1105
EI3351	DUBLIN	1110
FR4080	ALICANTE	1110
FR173	DUBLIN	1310
KL960	AMSTERDAM	1320
EK036	DUBAI	1405
TOM1364	PAPHOS	1405
LM004	SOUTHAMPTON	1420
XC8114	ANTALYA	1420
LM007	ABERDEEN	1435
LM511	NEWQUAY	1435
TOM1314	TENERIFE	1455
LS507	ANTALYA	1515
LS517	TENERIFE	1540
LS565	KOS	1540
LS581	RHODES	1540
LS521	FUERTEVENTURA	1550
BA1335	LONDON HEATHROW	1630
FR418	IBIZA	1635
TOM1378	KOS	1640
FR4538	PALMA	1645
TOM768	ANTALYA	1645
EI3669	BELFAST CITY	1720
KL964	AMSTERDAM	1730
EZY074	BELFAST INTL	1825
LM539	SOUTHAMPTON	1825
BA1329	LONDON HEATHROW	1835
FR017	DUBLIN	1840
BA1337	LONDON HEATHROW	2030
EZY242	BRISTOL	2125
FR021	DUBLIN	2300
A3635	ATHENS	2320

we just booked to go to krakow again in December, flying from Newcastle with 2 mates. The flights were £60 for a direct flight from Newcastle. 2.5 hour flights, metro to the terminal £20 each, no parking needed, £46pp for the premium lounge.

Airport and travel costs per person £126

Same trip from tessside when we checked was a connecting flight via Amsterdam that was 4.5 hours there and over 5 hours on way back. Cost per person for the flight was £280, standard lounge is the only option and that's £40, taxi to airport £18 so total cost per person for airport and travel costs £324.50, making flying from Teesside a premium of £198.40. That's per person - with a group of 4, that's £793.60.

Our accommodation is £350, so by flying from Newcastle we've got a pot of £433 spending money between us in money saved by not flying from Teesside to the same destination at the same time; plus of course Les's messing around in airports and time on planes. But sure, it's totally a politics thing keeping us from using it.

You wouldn’t go via Schipol to Krakow if there’s a direct flight from Newcastle.
Makes little sense to do it. But say you wanted to go to Dubai, KLM from Teesside isn’t much different in total travel times and price.

Newcastle will shortly be in Winter schedule and many flights go or are cut back at the end of the month.

On the football flight front, we were paying £300 plus in 2005/2006 to fly with flight options from Teesside. It was convenient and means less time off work. You could work out flights cheaper but in many cases it wasn’t worth it for many. What would £300 be nowadays, probably similar to £550-£600 with increases.

 

[gizasqueezemister]

Of course I am not sure about national express, because I didn't say at a time of your choosing, I said you can get to Newcastle airport via national express for a tenner. That's an airport in another region, yet you can't easily get to our own airport. If that doesn't work for you, get the metro which rolls straight into the terminal. If that doesn't work for you you can drive, usually with parking it's still been more cost effective although Teesside is getting closer but this year we've been to Manchester and East Midlands airports because connecting flights from Teesside were either rubbish or expensive and it was cheaper to drive and park than it was to fly locally, even from Newcastle or Leeds in those instances. Of course no amount of transport links will help you if the airport doesn't go to where you want to go, which is usually the blocker.

If there was a Teesside option available I would take it every time but it's usually more expensive per person or crap flight Times and I'm not paying extra £££ or losing most of a days holiday so I can beat my chest and say I flew from Teesside. And that's assuming they even fly where I want to go - I dont holiday in Aberdeen or Alicante and it's rare I go Mallorca.

You can't get behind something if it costs the majority of your mayoral transport budget, which is to serve the entire area, but it doesn't actual serve you or the majority of your area. Nothing political about that, if it was a labour mayor running it it would still be a folly and I would still not be flying from there unless it worked for me - and it appears most people feel the same way seeing as the glowing comments are always how there is plenty of parking and no queues, generally because no one is using it.

Teesside airport all week...

Flight No.	To	Scheduled	Status
Wednesday 18th October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	16:25	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-
FR3519	Faro	18:40	On Time	-
Thursday 19th October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	16:25	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-
Friday 20th October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
FR5988	Palma De Mallorca	08:30	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	13:35	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-
Saturday 21st October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
FR3519	Faro	10:40	On Time	-
TOM5674	Palma De Mallorca	13:40	On Time	-
FR5986	Alicante	20:15	On Time	-
Sunday 22nd October
FR5988	Palma De Mallorca	09:10	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	19:55	On Time	-
Monday 23rd October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
LM816	Norwich	15:30	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	16:25	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-
Tuesday 24th October
KL1530	Amsterdam	06:20	On Time	-
FR5986	Alicante	09:35	On Time	-
KL1534	Amsterdam	10:00	On Time	-
TOM5200	Palma De Mallorca	14:55	On Time	-
LM567	Aberdeen	16:25	On Time	-
KL1536	Amsterdam	17:20	On Time	-

Vs Newcastle today alone

Flight	Airport	Scheduled
LS593	ZAKYNTHOS	0550
FR425	LAS PALMAS	0555
BA1321	LONDON HEATHROW	0600
TOM1376	RHODES	0600
FR450	KRAKOW	0605
KL952	AMSTERDAM	0605
TOM1346	PALMA	0615
LS6498	KRAKOW	0630
LS583	ALICANTE	0645
LS597	FARO	0645
LM001	OSLO via ABERDEEN	0655
LS557	MALAGA	0710
LS1907	KEFLAVIK	0800
EZY068	BELFAST INTL	0820
EZY238	BRISTOL	0830
LS515	PAPHOS	0835
FR2347	PALMA	0840
LS561	DALAMAN	0910
BA1325	LONDON HEATHROW	0930
EJU7256	PALMA	0930
KL954	AMSTERDAM	0930
LS543	LARNACA	1005
AF1059	PARIS	1045
BA1327	LONDON HEATHROW	1105
EI3351	DUBLIN	1110
FR4080	ALICANTE	1110
FR173	DUBLIN	1310
KL960	AMSTERDAM	1320
EK036	DUBAI	1405
TOM1364	PAPHOS	1405
LM004	SOUTHAMPTON	1420
XC8114	ANTALYA	1420
LM007	ABERDEEN	1435
LM511	NEWQUAY	1435
TOM1314	TENERIFE	1455
LS507	ANTALYA	1515
LS517	TENERIFE	1540
LS565	KOS	1540
LS581	RHODES	1540
LS521	FUERTEVENTURA	1550
BA1335	LONDON HEATHROW	1630
FR418	IBIZA	1635
TOM1378	KOS	1640
FR4538	PALMA	1645
TOM768	ANTALYA	1645
EI3669	BELFAST CITY	1720
KL964	AMSTERDAM	1730
EZY074	BELFAST INTL	1825
LM539	SOUTHAMPTON	1825
BA1329	LONDON HEATHROW	1835
FR017	DUBLIN	1840
BA1337	LONDON HEATHROW	2030
EZY242	BRISTOL	2125
FR021	DUBLIN	2300
A3635	ATHENS	2320

we just booked to go to krakow again in December, flying from Newcastle with 2 mates. The flights were £60 for a direct flight from Newcastle. 2.5 hour flights, metro to the terminal £20 each, no parking needed, £46pp for the premium lounge.

Airport and travel costs per person £126

Same trip from tessside when we checked was a connecting flight via Amsterdam that was 4.5 hours there and over 5 hours on way back. Cost per person for the flight was £280, standard lounge is the only option and that's £40, taxi to airport £18 so total cost per person for airport and travel costs £324.50, making flying from Teesside a premium of £198.40. That's per person - with a group of 4, that's £793.60.

Our accommodation is £350, so by flying from Newcastle we've got a pot of £433 spending money between us in money saved by not flying from Teesside to the same destination at the same time; plus of course Les's messing around in airports and time on planes. But sure, it's totally a politics thing keeping us from using it.

Why give a Krakow example when you know fine well it's not a Teesside destination at the moment. Obviously the biggest draw back with Teesside (apart from the Mayor's budget - but hey this isn't a political point being made is it) is its limited routes. But that will only improve if people use it and back it (where they can with what's on offer at the moment). In the spirit of fairness, I chose a random weekend trip to Amsterdam in November as a comparison. 179 from Teesside and 201 from Newcastle. Parking I assume will be similar (drop off cheaper at Teesside and an easier request for friends and family to assist in that). Read a lot of negativity on here about the airport and to be honest it just feels like that age old tradition of kicking ourselves in the b***ks before others do it for us.

 

[HolgateCorner]

you can drive to Newcastle airport in an hour from here

You can get a national express bus there for a tenner from here, again an hour

You can get train that takes you straight to Newcastle terminal

It's really not hard to get to from outside of its area, very easy to get to from In the area. 13 mins by car from Newcastle city centre, several buses, metro again straight to the terminal. For an airport that has poor transport links, 5 million people seem to muddle their way through it.

Same for Leeds - A1, A2 & A3 flyer takes people from surrounding areas, 20 mins from Leeds city centre by car, 20 minutes from Bradford by car.

Again for an airport that isn't apparently convenient to get to from Leeds there seems to be a lot of ways to get there and 3 million people seem to manage

Then Teeside poots along with one train a week and a couple of bus services to serve its few daily flights. Can't even begin to compare them.

I don't mind travelling to Manchester or even further for an airport, I regularly do because it saves a lot but disagree that any of that makes any actual sense because Newcastle and Leeds can clearly both support busy airlines and you wouldn't be able to effectively relocate the tens of millions of passenger from the other airports, Newcastle is only the 11th busiest in the UK.

I think Newcastle is a bit of a trek, it’s about an hour and a half for me, and the flights are usually at bad times and expensive. I don’t regard it as ‘local‘ to Teesside. Leeds is marginally better from a price point of view but still an hour and a half depending on time of day. Newcastle and Leeds will of course get plenty of Benidorm type punters who probably only think their immediate airports are the only ones that exist.

I think Manchester prices and range clearly show that large hubs would suit the wider public far better and for me the extra hour each way would be worth that.

So I repeat, if you go down the route of saying the likes of Teesside doesn’t make sense then I’m down the route of saying only large hub airports make sense and bin off the likes of Newcastle and Leeds altogether.

 

[Jonny_Rondos_Disco_pants]

A NE International Airport somewhere near Sunderland would be far better. NCL is the Wrongside of Newcastle