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Mayor Houchen with the Fire & Rescue Service at the Airport Teesside International Airport has launched a new recruitment drive to secure ten firefighters to join its on-site team. As the airport gears up for its 2022 summer season, which sees the return of Ryanair’s holiday destinations, TUI touching down again after nine years, plus regular KLM Royal Dutch Airlines...

Major work to build Teesside International Airport’s new Sky Bar, viewing platform and office space has begun today (20 December), as part of the next phase of the airport’s transformation. Both the landside Sky Bar and at-height viewing platform will be located in what is currently the ageing office space next to the security area. The new development will give passeng...

Hayley Shields with Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen The newest member of the Teesside Airport team is ready and raring to go now she has secured a role back in her home region, after spending three years at Manchester Airport. Hayley Shields, from Stockton-on-Tees, was so overjoyed to have landed the role as Business Development Manager at an airport she has a long and mea...

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed Loganair’s latest boost to its services from Teesside Airport, as it announced a one-stop service between Teesside and Esbjerg Airport would go on sale today (1 November). The route, particularly useful to workers in the oil and gas industry, means travellers can board in Teesside, remain on the aircraft for its short stop in A...

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed news that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is set to introduce earlier flights from Teesside to Schiphol, making the service even better for businesses, holidaymakers and onward travel. The airline, which has flown out of Teesside for more than 23 years, resumed the route in June following the relaxation of rules that had prevented int...

Teesside International Airport has today (19 October) revealed how it aims to capitalise on its land and property assets as it enters the next phase of its business plan. Following the multimillion-pound redevelopment of the airport’s terminal building and after it has secured a slate of 15 domestic and international routes alongside a low-cost carrier, work is now ram...

One of Teesside Airport’s newest recruits is getting back to her northern roots after leaving London’s Heathrow Airport in favour of a new role in our region. Chloe Hanlon, 27, joined Teesside Airport in early September as its Service Delivery Manager, overseeing terminal operations and making sure that the entire customer experience – from entering the car park to boar...

Ryanair has launched its summer service to Corfu, connecting Teesside Airport to the Greek island for the first time in 12 years. The route is operating every Wednesday until the end of October, flying from Teesside at 17.20, with the return flight from the popular tourist hotspot arriving back at 16.50. It is the latest holiday service operated by Europe’s No 1 ...

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has today (28 June) renewed its key international connection between Teesside and Amsterdam Schiphol, with the first flight taking off at 10am. The much-used service was temporarily paused due to coronavirus restrictions earlier this year, and since that move there had been growing calls from passengers keen to see the service reinstated. Thi...

A new system being developed to detect coronavirus in the air has today (23 June) been installed at Teesside International Airport as part of a new trial. Local firm Kromek, which produces radiation detection technology for the medical, nuclear and security sectors, has now created a biological threat detection system that can identify trace levels of all COVID-19 withi...