Etihad announces ten new routes

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• Neil says:

  28 Nov28 November 08:22

  Newcastle doing well at the moment with a steady stream of new routes so maybe that best airport in the world award is helping

• Arnie says:

  28 Nov28 November 09:00

  These comments columns which I do read now and again but hardly ever comment on seem to be getting more argumentative than those in the Times. I think people must get up in the morning looking for a fight. It might be better to send the emails out about lunchtime when everyone has finished moaning. No doubt the above will prompt an onslaught. Have a great day everyone.

  • Thomas says:

    28 Nov28 November 09:53

    Well, we do apologise to expect a little more of HfP in the way of fact checking all details of an article before publishing. The use of the word” apparently, we have been told”is no excuse for stating incorrect info as facts. A 2 minute google search would have shown that Berlin is, and has been served from the North East long before today. Those are facts, they do not change with time of day.

    • Rob says:

      28 Nov28 November 10:10

      It’s a word for word cut and paste from the Eurowings press release.

      If you think the fact that you could fly from Leeds Bradford to Berlin in 1974 and 1975 (as a random example) means that the phrase ‘first flight from Yorkshire or the North East to Berlin’ is not true and should not be used then ….

      I’m guessing you think we should also mention the many flights from RAF Finningley (now Doncaster Sheffield Airport) to Berlin between 1939 and 1945.

      • Perkypat says:

        28 Nov28 November 10:58

        Didn’t easyJet fly briefly to Berlin from NCL a few years ago? Would have been Tegel of course, so this is the first flight to BER from the region.

      • Nick says:

        28 Nov28 November 12:33

        @Rob the thing is, once it’s been pointed out that easyJet recently had a regular route, you could easily correct your article. It would take as much time as writing an obstinate comment and show you do care about facts and truth. You’d do it if their lawyers wrote to you.

        • Barrel for Scraping says:

          28 Nov28 November 13:35

          I’ll get the solicitors on the phone! The biggest crime is lumping the north east in with Yorkshire. No doubt Starmer will release a murderer to make room in jail for this sort of hate crime. MME can be considered Yorkshire but not NCL, the greatest place on Earth

        • Rob says:

          28 Nov28 November 13:48

          I doubt anyone would seriously expect my statement to mean that there had never, in the history of aviation, been a regular flight between Yorkshire / North East and Berlin!

        • TeesTraveller says:

          28 Nov28 November 16:27

          Indeed. Facts matter in journalism and if LH said that in their press release, then attribute it to them.

        • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

          28 Nov28 November 17:45

          @Barrell but MME is in the North East as it’s within the boundaries of Darlington Borough (and proportion in Stockton-on-Tees) both of which are within the county boundaries of Durham.

        • Delbert says:

          28 Nov28 November 22:13

          Who gives a toss about apparent historical inaccuracies? Get a grip.

    • Arnie says:

      28 Nov28 November 11:15

      I guess Thomas with the utmost respect to everyone who subscribes to this website – it’s really a 1 st world problem. I guess it’s what is important in the individuals world. There is only so much you can say about aircraft seats and and routes and I’m from an era where a first class seat was wider than and economy class one and business class didn’t exist. I use HPF to keep me updated with bits and pieces about deals etc because I can’t be bothered searching the web every five minutes but a mistake made doesn’t really colour my day. I like to be up and about and positive and that sets my day for me. I can find something negative about everything where I live in London from school kid dropping parents who block my drive every day to the Labour run council who when I complain about dustmen leaving half the rubbish on the road after they have finished saying the only have finite resources. I just choose to ignore it as it makes me feel better. I can imagine getting up in the morning and reading some of these comments having written or produced the article – which is often not the comment but way it’s laid out – and wondering why I bother. Just a thought really. But as I did with all respect for everyone’s opinion and wish you all a great day. A

      • Thomas says:

        28 Nov28 November 11:36

        I, like you just read HfP, together with other blogs to keep myself in the loop with the travel industry. It is however annoying that yesterday the press release of Ba, claiming their first seat was debunked by this site, via a long article, yet a day later another press release is not even copy pasted correctly, let alone fact checked.
        The actual release states:
        “The new service will be the only REGULAR, direct flight to Berlin from the North East England and Yorkshire regions. Eurowings does not ” apparently ” claim to be the first. They announce to be the first regular service. As a lot of people on this site are travel save, with loads of knowledge, this was just pointed out. I reread the comments, and the most snooty comments in response are of the authors, not their readership.
        I wish you a marvelous day too A!

        • James says:

          28 Nov28 November 17:50

          @Rob I’m not sure why you’re getting your knickers in a twist. You slipped up on some copywriting – it happens.

• The Lord says:

  28 Nov28 November 10:01

  The Bristol Greens will never approve

  • HampshireHog says:

    28 Nov28 November 11:02

    Indeed, there is a particularly persistent strain of eco warriors in that neck of the woods

    • G says:

      28 Nov28 November 12:42

      Particularly virulent and potent too – they were unable to unseat a (then) shadow Labour Cabinet minister, for someone even more left wing!

• AndyC says:

  28 Nov28 November 12:02

  “Other previously announced new routes for 2025 include ……….Al Alamein.”

  *El Alamein

  • Toby says:

    28 Nov28 November 15:51

    I know we usually write El Alamein in English, but a strict transliteration would be indeed be Al ‘Alamain (العلمين)

• flaminpenguin says:

  28 Nov28 November 21:17

  There used to be flights from Bristol to the US. Why do they need to extend the runway and make the terminal bigger to restart the flights?

• Vit says:

  28 Nov28 November 21:23

  I guess A321XLR enables EY to expand into the market such as PNH where the like of QR and EK needs fifth freedom (SGN and SIN respectively) to ensure enough load factor. Shame EY do not fly to Scotland as that’d be a good cash ticket alternative.

  Also KTI is due to replace PNH soon. It is going to be a faff getting to and from this new airport with its current state of transportation.

• HampshireHog says:

  28 Nov28 November 22:22

  Am I imagining that there was an HFP comment about flights from Finningley to Berlin in an earlier era ?

• Charlie says:

  28 Nov28 November 23:10

  Crikey. What a bunch of plane spotters y’all are:-)

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