(12 Feb 2021, 4:29 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Since it's just drivers that Arriva don't have, would it not be possible for GNE to operate the services using Arriva's fleet?

Highly doubt it, the last thing GNE would want is to walk into Jesmond's depot to get the buses then go back to Riverside and/or Percy Main and get someone in close contact from Covid at Jesmond and infect one of their depots.