Showing posts with label Newcastle Airport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newcastle Airport. Show all posts
Sunday, 1 March 2015
Monday, 27 October 2014
Amazing news for Newcastle Airport as United Airlines New York flight announced - well done to all the Airport team
NEWCASTLE, Oct. 27, 2014 – United Airlines will introduce nonstop flights between Newcastle and its New York hub, Newark Liberty International Airport, during the period May 23 to Sep. 7, 2015 (both dates westbound), subject to government approval. The frequency of the service will be five times weekly. It will be Newcastle‟s first scheduled nonstop trans-Atlantic service.
The flights will be operated by Boeing 757-200 aircraft with a total of 169 seats – 16 flat-bed seats in United BusinessFirst and 153 in United Economy, including 45 Economy Plus seats with added legroom and increased personal space.
"We‟re very excited about introducing nonstop flights to New York from Newcastle next summer," said Bob Schumacher, United‟s Managing Director Sales – U.K. & Ireland. "We‟ll be offering the people of Northeast England easy, convenient travel options not only to New York City but also to destinations throughout the Americas. United already offers trans-Atlantic service from more cities in the U.K. than any other airline and we‟ve every reason to be confident that this new service will be a success."
‘Game-Changing New Route’ David Laws, Chief Executive, Newcastle Airport, said: "For many years, and everywhere I go, people have been stopping me and asking „when is the North East going to get a New York service?‟
I have been clear throughout that this is a route that we have been determined to deliver for the region. We have been carefully and quietly working behind the scenes, with our shareholders, to secure what will be another game-changing new route. I am delighted today that we are finally able to make the announcement everyone has been hoping for. United Airlines is the best airline to operate this service. They have an exceptional track record of linking U.K. regions to their New York/Newark hub, where customers can then connect to over one hundred onward destinations."
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
APD and how to get new transatlantic routes to Newcastle?
All taxes have an effect on businesses and their growth potential. Yet without taxes we have no money for schools, hospitals and other government services. Thus we try to impose the minimum taxes to get the maximum return.
Yet it still remains the case that we need to generate more revenue for the state and stop spending as much - the impacts of the recession, the massive debts built up under the last government, and the need to live within our means requires the state to put a tax on flights. This is Air Passenger Duty or APD for short. We all pay it, when we fly, and the Treasury see it as a good income stream.
Into this argument comes the problem of new entrants to the market, and the desire to secure long haul major flights to key destinations like Beijing and America from regional airports. Clearly I am interested in standing up for Newcastle Airport, part of which is in the Hexham constituency, and for whom many of my constituents work, in some shape or form. It is a great airport, well run, and clever at diversifying its base. I know it pretty well having seen it from every which way these last few years. Recently I met once again with the airport team, and some of their commercial clients.
For many years Newcastle Airport has been looking to attract a transatlantic flight. This would cost an airline a lot of money. But the APD is a genuine hurdle and barrier to entry. Consequently we have looked at reductions in APD, but the treasury are understandably reluctant, until the economy really picks up. A lower tax for the regions and a higher one for London and the south east was shown to be unworkable in the grand scheme of things. So now we are looking at a regional APD tax holiday - just as we give tax breaks to new businesses and start ups. The principle is the same - you get hypothetically a 2 year tax holiday to establish your business - in this case a new route: the details are fairly complicated.
I am keen to put the case to Treasury, and as a result I have asked for a debate in the House of Commons.
I shall be addressing the business case, the radius of what constitutes a regional airport, the case for the entry criteria to be a proper long haul flight (not a 2 hour hop to Majorca) and what constitutes a new route. I will also be address the comments of the Davies report on Heathrow and the south east airport issue.
I hope to get the debate next week, before the house rises for half term on February 15, but as always we are in the hands of the speaker. For more details see the Journals recent report here:
http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-airport-backs-mps-call-6656582
Yet it still remains the case that we need to generate more revenue for the state and stop spending as much - the impacts of the recession, the massive debts built up under the last government, and the need to live within our means requires the state to put a tax on flights. This is Air Passenger Duty or APD for short. We all pay it, when we fly, and the Treasury see it as a good income stream.
Into this argument comes the problem of new entrants to the market, and the desire to secure long haul major flights to key destinations like Beijing and America from regional airports. Clearly I am interested in standing up for Newcastle Airport, part of which is in the Hexham constituency, and for whom many of my constituents work, in some shape or form. It is a great airport, well run, and clever at diversifying its base. I know it pretty well having seen it from every which way these last few years. Recently I met once again with the airport team, and some of their commercial clients.
For many years Newcastle Airport has been looking to attract a transatlantic flight. This would cost an airline a lot of money. But the APD is a genuine hurdle and barrier to entry. Consequently we have looked at reductions in APD, but the treasury are understandably reluctant, until the economy really picks up. A lower tax for the regions and a higher one for London and the south east was shown to be unworkable in the grand scheme of things. So now we are looking at a regional APD tax holiday - just as we give tax breaks to new businesses and start ups. The principle is the same - you get hypothetically a 2 year tax holiday to establish your business - in this case a new route: the details are fairly complicated.
I am keen to put the case to Treasury, and as a result I have asked for a debate in the House of Commons.
I shall be addressing the business case, the radius of what constitutes a regional airport, the case for the entry criteria to be a proper long haul flight (not a 2 hour hop to Majorca) and what constitutes a new route. I will also be address the comments of the Davies report on Heathrow and the south east airport issue.
I hope to get the debate next week, before the house rises for half term on February 15, but as always we are in the hands of the speaker. For more details see the Journals recent report here:
http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-airport-backs-mps-call-6656582
Friday, 23 August 2013
Good news for Newcastle airport with new Toronto flight announced
http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/new-flight-newcastle-airport-toronto-5765256
It is a matter of time before we get a direct flight to the USA
It is a matter of time before we get a direct flight to the USA
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