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Leading regional airline now operating direct services between Newcastle and Newquay

easyJet, Newcastle’s largest airline, has welcomed the arrival of a new £20m Airbus A320 aircraft today (26 April) which will increase capacity on its routes from the North East airport.

Canadian Affair starts non-stop flights from Newcastle to Toronto on Wednesday 2nd May, opening up a wealth of holiday possibilities for travellers from the North East.

In the busiest weekend of the year so far, Newcastle International Airport expects around 45,000 customers to travel over this Easter Bank Holiday weekend from Friday 6th to Monday 9th of April. Approximately 410 flights are scheduled to arrive and depart during the four day period.

easyJet, the UK’s largest and Newcastle’s favourite airline, launches its winter schedule this week with 9 low-fare routes.

Leading regional airline’s 2012 summer programme features eight routes with a choice of up to 130  flights a week including key London Gatwick service and new routes to Bergen and Newquay.

Package holiday specialist, Jet2holidays, has today announced the return of its hugely successful New York Christmas Shopping Breaks, following continued demand for the service from Newcastle Airport. The three night breaks are available for £699 per person, including return flights, 10kg hand baggage and three-star hotel accommodation. 

Save £30 per person on all Newcastle to Canada flights with prices from £398 return

Children in the North East certainly have artistic flair as entries flooded in for the recent easyJet Mini Picasso competition.

Airline to increase capacity by more than 50% with larger aircraft

Plans on track to enhance the customer journey through the airport by this spring.

This week Jet2holidays is celebrating five years since its launch, which has seen the package holiday specialist increase passenger numbers by a remarkable 500 per cent from 34,000 passengers in its first year to over 200,000 in 2011. Jet2holidays expects to achieve the half a million customer booking landmark in May this year.

Key tourism representatives have pledged to work together to secure a bright future for Northumberland’s visitor economy.

Leading leisure airline, Jet2.com is celebrating after being crowned Best Short Haul Airline at the coveted Globe Travel Awards 2012.

easyJet has today announced it will increase capacity on eight of its routes from the North East’s airport with the arrival of a new aircraft.

Flybe will operate two new routes to Bergen (Norway) and to Newquay from May 5th. These new routes further expand the airline’s already extensive summer schedule to a total eight routes with a choice of up to 132 flights a week from Newcastle International Airport. Tickets are on sale now at www.flybe.com from £37.99 one way including taxes and charges.

Brussels Airlines will equip its long haul fleet with full flat beds, ergonomic seats and the latest entertainment technology.

Leading leisure airline, Jet2.com, and package holiday specialist, Jet2holidays, have launched an in-depth What’s Hot 2012 report into the key travel trends for the year ahead. The report combines research findings from more than a thousand holidaymakers with customer data and their considerable travel expertise, to provide an insight into how people will holiday in 2012.

Starting 1st June 2012, Brussels Airlines will connect the European capital daily with New York JFK. This new service will be operated with completely renewed Airbus A330 aircraft equipped with the latest in-flight technology and comfort. It is the airline’s first own connection to the States since Brussels Airlines started in 2002.

DoubleTree by Hilton Newcastle International Airport will today hold its official grand opening ceremony with the Hon. David Miliband MP in attendance, along with prominent business leaders from across the region.

The UK’s largest independent tour operator, Cosmos Holidays has today announced it will operate holidays and flights direct from Newcastle to Orlando, Florida next summer.

Today HM Treasury has announced the structure of Air Passenger Duty (APD), following a consultation begun in March 2011. Newcastle International Airport has been lobbying government, seeking radical change to how the aviation tax is applied nationally.

From April 2012, Brussels Airlines will considerably increase flight frequencies to five African destinations. Travel possibilities and seat capacity to/from Yaoundé and Douala (Cameroon), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Nairobi (Kenya) and Bujumbura (Burundi) will be enhanced, while Kinshasa will be served four times a week non-stop. The frequency increase is made possible thanks to the introduction of an additional long haul aircraft.

Jet2.com today announced a series of major investments in the North East, demonstrating its commitment to Newcastle Airport and surrounding areas and ultimately positioning the airline to be the city’s most high profile over the coming year.

Leading leisure airline celebrates as first 2011 New York shopping trip takes off.

Businesses from Newcastle have today written to the Business Secretary, Vince Cable MP, “urging” him to back calls for no more increases in Air Passenger Duty (APD). Next week the Government is expected to announce a double-inflation rise in APD.

Newcastle International Airport has made flight information even more accessible to its passengers.

The Highways Agency will be carrying out road resurfacing works to the A19 between Moor Farm Roundabout and the Killingworth Interchange from Monday 7th November to Monday 28th November.

- Package holidays to Dubrovnik from Newcastle available from just £399 per person
-  Direct flights with Jet2.com from £41.99 per person one way including taxes

Eastern Airways, which operates flights from Newcastle International Airport, has been named the Best Passenger Charter Airline at a prestigious industry awards ceremony in London.

From 29th October Manx2.com is adding a Saturday service to Newcastle in addition to its existing schedule.  The new service will depart the Isle of Man at 1055 and return from Newcastle at 1325.

Six years after Jet2.com first took off from Newcastle Airport, the leading leisure airline is not only celebrating a record summer, carrying half a million passengers to popular city and sun destinations, but it has also fulfilled its ambitious growth plans to become the North East’s biggest leisure carrier.

A 24hr public sector strike in Greece on Wednesday 5th October will affect three flights from Newcastle International Airport.

Plans are set to enhance the customer journey through the airport.

This August Bank Holiday 2011 up to 70,000 North East holidaymakers will take advantage of the huge choice of sun spots and city breaks on offer from Newcastle Airport. Customers from across the region are expected to jet to and from over 75 direct destinations worldwide on the last major weekend of the summer season. The airport will see 289 flights arrive and 286 depart over the extended break.

Holidays 4U has ceased trading as of 3rd August 2011. The tour operator flew passengers to Turkish destinations Dalaman and Bodrum from Newcastle International Airport.

Emirates has unveiled a range of great value Economy Class fares from Newcastle to Australia and New Zealand

This week Flybe and British Airways (BA) commenced a codeshare agreement on Flybe’s London Gatwick route from Newcastle International Airport. 

A campaign to persuade the Chancellor to drop planned hikes in the tax levied on all flights leaving the UK is being launched today at airports across the country as a new poll is released showing 3 out of 4 people think that Air Passenger Duty (APD) should not go up in the next Budget.  Of those saying APD should not go up 49 per cent said APD should be reduced  Only 6 per cent said APD should be increased.

First airport property for the brand in Newcastle due to open this autumn as Hilton Worldwide continues to grow UK and Ireland airport portfolio.

With the festival season in the UK in full swing, the North’s leading leisure airline Jet2.com  is helping holidaymakers across the North East ensure they get a slice of the festival action when they’re away, with 2012 flights to three great city destinations going on sale today.

The onsite luxury hotel at Newcastle International Airport is set to open within two months after being purchased by one of the region’s top leisure organisations.

The leading leisure airline, Jet2.com, has extended its popular flights from Newcastle Airport to Krakow into January 2012.

Regional airports unite in call to government to replace APD with an Airport Congestion Tax

Eager holidaymakers from the North East who are already planning next year’s getaways can get ahead and book early, thanks to Jet2.com. 

Newcastle holidaymakers can now jet off to Toulouse for the first time thanks to the North’s leading leisure airline with friendly low fares, Jet2.com.  The inaugural flight will depart this Sunday 22nd May, taking North East passengers to the vibrant and colourful city in south west France.

A team of seven donned traditional Roman costume today to ramp up fundraising in the airport terminal and launch a series of summer events to raise funds for the NSPCC.

easyJet has marked flying a record number of passengers on its Newcastle to Alicante route by rewarding the one millionth passenger with free flights for a year.

Newcastle International Airport’s developed site covers 184 hectares, with over 3,000 people working in and around the whole site. In excess of 4.3 million travellers pass through its doors in the course of a year. In such a vast public space, which accommodates an extremely high volume of people, the team at the airport work hard to ensure that people find it as easy as possible to recycle before they travel.

Calling all shopaholics from the North East - the package holiday specialist Jet2holidays has announced the return of its hugely popular New York Christmas Shopping Breaks following overwhelming demand for the service - which sold out in record time in 2010. 

Over 44,000 customers are expected to travel through Newcastle International Airport this bank holiday from Friday 22nd to Monday 25th of April with aproximately 430 flights scheduled to arrive and depart during the four day period.

Travellers from the North East are looking to get away for Easter – but are torn between heading for sunnier climes and holidaying on home turf.

With big events taking place next year such as Euro 2012, in the Ukraine and Poland, and the London Olympics, if you want to take a 2012 holiday then planning will be key.

easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, launches its winter schedule from Newcastle Airport this week with 11 low-fare routes.

Eastern Airways’ popular Bergen service from Newcastle International Airport recommences on Monday (28 March 2011) for the summer season.

Newcastle Airport welcomed Transport Minister Theresa Villiers to the North East today as she embarked on a tour of the region. The Minister saw the state-of-the-art Emirates Air Traffic Control Tower in action, before meeting with the Newcastle Airport Snow Team, who were commended for their extraordinary commitment and dedication in keeping the airport open for 97 per cent of the time throughout the recent severe winter weather conditions.

Norwegian airline, Widerøe, is more than doubling capacity and boosting frequency on its key service from Newcastle to Stavanger – as well as slashing journey times.

Emirates, the Dubai-based carrier, was honoured by leading industry title Air Transport World last night (Tuesday, February 8) as the airline’s President Tim Clark received the ‘Airline of the Year’ award at a gala dinner in Washington, DC.

Newcastle International Airport has launched a Twitter page and a mobile version of its website to allow passengers greater access to information.

Emirates today carried its half millionth passenger on its daily service from Newcastle.

Newcastle International Airport has been taking in diverted aircraft from across the globe in the recent cold weather.

- New schedule improves connectivity to worldwide destinations -

Newcastle International’s approach to the severe weather conditions has ensured that the airport has remained open for 92 per cent of the time since the intensive snow showers began on the 24th of November.

Emirates has unveiled a range of great value Economy Class fares from Newcastle to Australia.

Thomas Cook Airlines has made it even more convenient for holidaymakers to jet away next April by offering a one-off flight from Newcastle International Airport. Those looking to get away from the cold weather will be able to fly to Banjul in the Gambia for seven nights on 20th April 2011.

Despite earlier indications that the Newcastle to London Stansted route would cease to be operated by easyJet from the end of October, the flights will continue through the winter timetable period until the end of March 2011. 

Jet2.com launches ski flights to Geneva from just £29.99 one way including taxes

Avid walkers and cyclists from across the business celebrated Newcastle Airport’s 75th anniversary by covering 75 miles in less than 24 hours by foot and by bike to raise money for the Airports nominated charity, the NSPCC.

New Career takes off at Newcastle International

Newcastle Airport and business partners have pulled out all of the stops to create an itinerary which will mark the Airport's 75th birthday in style on the 26th of July 2010.

Massive growth for airline: FIVE new routes, additional 5th aircraft and 500,000 seats out of Newcastle International Airport..Jet2holidays to compliment new routes with great value package deals.

Thomas Cook Airlines has made it even more convenient for holidaymakers to jet away next summer by offering more choice on flights from Newcastle International Airport.

Newcastle International Airport today expressed concern about the announcement by the Chancellor today that the government is considering switching from Air Passenger Duty to a Per Plane Duty.

Newcastle Airport stepped up its recycling efforts this week with the arrival of 40 new units positioned across the terminal allowing passengers to responsibly dispose of their unwanted paper and plastic bottles. 

Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, is holding a recruitment Open Day in Newcastle on Saturday 26 June 2010 in search of cabin crew to join its rapidly-expanding, multi-national workforce.

The better you prepare, the shorter the queue

The friendly low fares airline has announced it will extend its Newcastle to Murcia flight schedule throughout winter 2010/2011.

Cricket fan Robin Harker can sit watching his treasured Durham County Cricket Club beaming with pride this season, safe in the knowledge that he played his part in choosing the new name for their stadium.

Air South West special flight for FA cup replay

Brussels Airlines announces extra flights from Newcastle

Newcastle Airport flying high in punctuality league table

Amazing late fares to Toronto with Canadian Affair

Flights to Bergen restored

New Operations Director arrives at Newcastle International

Manx2 takes over Isle of Man service

Passenger numbers set to soar during Easter break