Exciting news for holidaymakers living near Newcastle; the Geordie airport has announced new routes a whole range of new routes!

Not only has Thomas Cook’s route to Hurghada made a return, but FlyBe has revealed that they are implementing a number of new weekend routes. The first flight to Hurghada took off this week, and journeys will leave every Monday until April 2018. Tickets are already on sale and prices range from £119.99 for a one way stint, right up to £600 per person for a 7 night all inclusive package.

It is clear to see that Newcastle Airport is focused on the implementation of new routes, as this news comes shortly after the the release of new flights to Almeria and Paphos which began in May.

James Burrows, aviation director for Thomas Cook Airlines, said: “This is a really exciting year for us in Newcastle, with great new routes for both independent travellers and package holiday customers alike.

“Together with Newcastle Airport, we’re going to more great destinations to give our customers even greater choice for their hard-earned holidays.”
Europe’s largest regional airline, FlyBe, have also recently began operating 8 new routes to regions of both France and Italy from Newcastle Airport via its leisure hub at Southampton. These seasonal flights will run every weekend up until September 3 2017 and deliver passengers to cities such as Avignon, Bergerac Dordogne, La Rochelle, Limoges, Nantes, Rennes, Toulon-Hyères and Verona.

Vincent Hodder, Flybe’s chief revenue officer, said: “We are delighted to introduce the new Southampton leisure hub to our Newcastle based passengers this summer. It further enhances the ever growing number of connections available to our customers wanting to enjoy fast, convenient travel farther afield from their local airport.”

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It’s been a positive start to 2017 for Newcastle Airport;  a dramatic increase in passengers saw almost 40,000 passengers using the airport in January. This was a 16.2% increase on the same month in 2016.

Ryanair have recently announced 5 new routes from Newcastle International Airport as part of their winter schedule. As of November 3rd, the new routes now available throughout the working week will include flights to destinations such as Wroclaw (on Sunday), Gdansk (on Monday), Tenerife and Warsaw taking off on Tuesday and finally, Lanzarote (Wednesday).. Alongside this announcement, it has also been revealed that a new direct route to Berlin has also been opened at Newcastle Airport.

It has been reported this week that Newcastle Airport had their busiest weekend of the year last weekend, with a staggering 55,000 passengers travelling through the airport. Not only has Newcastle had success with passenger numbers, it has also received high praise from their customers.

Newcastle International airport has the opportunity to attract many more passengers from Cumbria as they plan to expand their flight plans. This follows the Newcastle International Airport’s finished revamp of the departure lounge and now offers direct flights to 74 destinations. In 2014 the airport saw 4% of the overall 4.6 million passengers, originate from Cumbria. In terms of the future, 2016’s passenger numbers are looking to rise to 4.9 million. This is hoping to be supported by the airports new redevelopment with cafes, restaurants, bar areas and new shops.