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Newcastle Airport legal battle is heard in High Court

A LEGAL battle between Newcastle International Airport and its lawyers over multi-million pound bonuses paid to former directors is continuing in the High Court.Read

'Tourism tax' bad for the North East

AIRPORT bosses say they will continue to fight against "damaging" air taxes that could now add nearly £370 to the cost of a family holiday.Read

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Emirates expands its services at Newcastle Airport

BUSINESS leaders say Emirates airlines' plans to expand at Newcastle Airport is "phenomenal news" for the region's economy.Read

easyJet bases bigger plane at Newcastle Airport

THE UK's largest airline has announced plans to increase its capacity on eight of its routes by stationing a bigger plane at Newcastle Airport.Read

Newcastle Airport celebrates year of eco-savings

NEWCASTLE Airport bosses are celebrating another year of eco-improvements with more than one million kWh of electricity saved in the last 12 months.Read

Newcastle Airport technology helps to make travel less stressful

FLYING can be stressful for some travellers - but a North East airport is hoping their latest technological solution will really take off.Read

Newcastle International Airport expands in £3.2m investment

TRANSPORT chiefs have unveiled a £3.2m investment to extend Newcastle International Airport for the first time since 2004.Read

Warning to George Osborne on airport taxes

NORTH East transport chiefs have warned the Government against raising a harmful tax to plug a hole in public finances.Read

Newcastle Airport bosses in Big Apple link talks

NEWCASTLE Airport bosses will fly out to the United States next month for fresh talks on the possibility of securing a direct service to New York.Read

Newcastle Airport chiefs hail strong performance in 2010

NEWCASTLE Airport has said it “weathered the storm very well” last year, although it is still facing heavy interest payments on its £300m debt.Read

Newcastle Airport luxury hotel to open at long last

A LUXURY hotel at Newcastle Airport will open within months, creating more than 100 jobs.Read

Business leaders warn of cost rise for air passengers

THE cost of flying short haul from the region could soar if Government proposals are implemented, business leaders claimed yesterday.Read

Newcastle Airport chiefs criticise private plane payment

AVIATION bosses have criticised the Government’s proposals for a “Lear jet tax” as damaging to the region.Read

Air travellers pay more tax than bankers

AIR passengers are being taxed more than bankers and that may not change despite a review of a controversial levy on flying.Read

New pilot qualifies within two weeks at Northumbria Flying School

SOARING above the traffic, the sky’s the limit for new pilot Richard Fenwick.Read

Hope for crisis-hit Newcastle Airport Hotel

A NATIONAL hotel group may be coming to the rescue of a North East project plagued by financial problems and delays.Read

Sir John Hall's restaurant plans for Tyneside mansion

TYCOON SIR John Hall has appointed architects to put together a restoration plan for his derelict Tyneside mansion.Read

Plane speaking by train bosses angers Newcastle Airport

A WAR of words has broken out between transport bosses as rail companies insist the region is better served by train than by plane.Read

Newcastle Airport to warn Government over high speed rail plans

AIRPORT bosses are to warn the Government its high speed rail plans must not come at the cost of reduced investment in other links to the region.Read

Newcastle Airport chiefs’ fury over sky high taxes

AIRPORT bosses last night joined calls for the government to address an “unfair” tax on passengers, as rising fuel prices put further pressure on air links to the region.Read

Newcastle International Airport's Dutch treat

THE recovery of business travel to and from the region has received a further boost after airline bosses announced plans to extend its services from the North East.Read

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MP demands probe of secret £377m airport deal

AN airport re-financing deal which could leave North East taxpayers with a debt worth hundreds of millions of pounds has been raised in Parliament.Read

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Newcastle airport resolves wind farm radar threat

AIRPORT bosses will today unveil a new policy making way for more wind farms in the region.Read

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Jet2 holiday flight to Newcastle Airport hit by laser

A LASER pen was shone into the cockpit of an aircraft carrying more than 220 holidaymakers from the Mediterranean back to the North East.Read

Newcastle Airport chiefs blast new tax proposals

NEWCASTLE Airport chiefs have blasted what they call damaging proposals for new taxes imposed by Brussels.Read

EasyJet cuts flights out of Newcastle

A BUDGET airline is scrapping routes and reducing the number of aircraft it operates from the region's biggest airport.Read

Organ transplant plane lands at Newcastle Airport

THIS picture shows the life-saving plane that will be used to retrieve organs for transplant. Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital team yesterday showed what it was like to undertake the time-critical task of getting a transplant organ for a patient.Read

Transplant aircraft based at Newcastle Airport

A SPECIALIST aircraft for transplant patients is to be stationed in the North East.Read

Newcastle Airport steps up recycling efforts

AIR passengers will be able to recycle more before they jet off on holiday, thanks to new bins.Read

Newcastle Airport set to miss out on ash deal

THE coalition Government is under fire for failing to offer any prospect of compensation to Newcastle Airport after it lost £1m to the ash cloud crisis.Read

Sascha Zimmermann in court accused of drug smuggling

AN airline passenger has appeared in a Tyneside court accused of smuggling cocaine into the North East at the weekend.Read

Emirates boss Maurice Flanagan slams tax plan

A SENIOR airline boss has said the Government’s flight tax plans are signs of “stupidity” which will put regional growth at risk.Read

Newcastle Airport travellers face more ash disruption

THE volcanic ash cloud crisis could continue to cause disruption for would-be travellers in the North East for some time to come.Read

Newcastle Airport counting £1m cost of volcano crisis

THE ash cloud crisis will cost the region’s biggest airport around £1m, it was revealed last night.Read

Wait is over for families reunited after cancelled flights

MORE international flights landed in the North East yesterday to the relief of crowds of concerned families eager to be reunited with their loved ones.Read

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Weary travellers return home as skies are opened to flights

WEARY travellers Alan and Lynette Scambler arrived back in the North East last night on board a coach they had hired to ferry them from Paris.Read

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Hopes high that the lockdown on flights will end

REPORTS of a new ash cloud heading last night towards Britain dampened hopes raised earlier that the five-day flights lockdown in the North East was about to end.Read

Schools and hospitals affected as staff are stranded abroad

SCHOOLS and hospitals across the region had to call in extra help yesterday as teachers and health staff were caught up in the volcanic crisis.Read

Flights ban brings big bill for the North East

MILLIONS of pounds are being lost to the regional economy because of the continuing ban on air travel, airport bosses said last night.Read

Cost of keeping Newcastle Airport open during cold snap revealed

KEEPING the busiest airport in the North East open during the recent snowy weather has cost more than £500,000.Read

Viagra worth £300,000 seized at Newcastle airport

A HAUL of the impotency drug Viagra, worth more than £300,000, has been seized by customs officials.Read

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New Year snow sees North East grind to a halt

LARGE parts of the North East ground to a halt as heavy snow greeted the New Year - with warnings of more bad weather to come.Read

MPs call for review of controversial tax

DOZENS of MPs from across the political spectrum are calling on the Government to launch a "robust" review of a controversial tax on flying.Read

Administration means holiday woe at Newcastle airport

HOLIDAYMAKERS from the North East looking forward to having Christmas in the sun were left distraught after another tour operator went into administration.Read

Newcastle travellers advised on British Airways strikes

MORE than a million passengers were facing Christmas travel misery last night as British Airways cabin crew announced a 12-day strike in a bitter row over jobs, pay and working conditions.Read

Students land key roles at Newcastle airport

THESE airport ambassadors are doing their bit to promote the North East to tens of thousands of visitors to the region.Read

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Government admits it failed to consider impact of new tax on airports

THE Government has admitted it failed to consider the impact a damaging new air tax would have on regional airports.Read

Calls to reverse air passenger duty as tickets prices soar

AIR tickets will soar in price from today as the Government introduces the first phase of its aviation tax hikes.Read

Newcastle Airport hits the top slot for punctuality

NEWCASTLE International Airport is flying high with a big improvement in punctuality.Read

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Jet2 announce flights from Newcastle to Tunisia

FLIGHTS between Tyneside and Tunisia have been launched. Airline Jet2.com has announced a route from Newcastle International Airport to Monastir, in the African country, with tickets on sale today.Read

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