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The Friends of Teesside International Airport held their 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 26th March. This was an opportunity to come and look at the previous year and make plans for the year ahead. It was also a chance to elect our Committee for the coming year. 2025-26 Committee The Committee for 2025 is as follows: Chairman: Brian RobinsonVi...

A rising star in Teesside Airport’s tower has become the youngest qualified Air Traffic Controller in the country. Josh Brown joined the tower team as an Air Traffic Control Assistant aged 18, in 2022. Now the Ingleby Barwick 20-year-old has chalked up the required experience and completed courses to become the youngest licensed civil ATCO in the UK. He said: “I’m...

Teesside’s reputation as a growing centre for aircraft maintenance has received another big boost after aviation firm Willis secured a second deal with a major airline. TUI, one of the UK’s largest operators, has signed a long-term agreement with Willis Aviation to see maintenance services carried out on its narrow-body aircraft at Teesside. The deal comes hot on the...

Two former Royal Air Force controllers with more than 40 years of military experience between them have joined Teesside Airport’s tower team. Matt Westmorland and Chris Plumb have joined Teesside as Trainee Air Traffic Controllers after making the transition from military to civil aviation. Now the pair have settled into the tower – bringing with them no fewer than 4...

Airbourne Colours opening event at Teesside Airport A leader who has overseen rising passenger numbers and a raft of new developments at Teesside Airport has been shortlisted for a top global award. Managing Director Phil Forster has reached the final shortlist of the 2024 Airport Leader for the Future Award at The Airport Honour Awards. Run by the International Airp...

Members of Friends of Teesside International Airport enjoyed a visit to the Aviation Academy at Newcastle Airport this week where they learned of the work that is done there, the courses they teach, and got to see some of the interesting aircraft and simulators they have. The Academy is based on the south side of Newcastle Airport with its own hangar. Inside are a number of...

FedEx 737 landing at Teesside (c) David Anderson FedEx 737 landing at Teesside (c) Matthew Ness FedEx began its new regular cargo service on Monday 3rd June, with the first aircraft arriving from Edinburgh around 9.20pm. The service has transferred from Newcastle, and will initially serve Teesside four days per week. The aircraft, having arrived from Edinburgh then co...

Friends of Teesside International Airport were once again on hand this year to help with the annual pilgrimage flights to Lourdes in France. Two flights were chartered by Middlesbrough Diocese of the Catholic Church to fly to Tarbes-Lourdes Airport on Sunday 26th May. Members of the Friends were on hand to assist with passengers during check-in and the whole proc...

This May, Friends of Teesside International Airport (FOTIA) will be hosting a charity walk to raise funds to create lasting memorials to two hero pilots who once flew from our airport's runways. Pilot Officers Andrew Mynarski and William McMullen were both stationed at what was then RAF Middleton St George in the Second World War, and were lost in aircraft crashes, in F...