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Another week and another new airline to announce at Teesside International Airport, which is undergoing a revival of fortune in terms of passenger destinations. This time Ryanair has been announced as returning to Teesside from Summer 2021, initially with two routes: Alicante and Palma. It seems each flight will operate twice weekly. Both routes start in June 2021...

Loganair will start a new base and routes from Teesside International Airport in 2021 which will add more connectivity and options for flying out on both business and leisure, as well as drawing inbound visitors to our region. The base, announced on 10th November, will see an Embraer 145 aircraft based at Teesside and operating five routes. The new Loganair routes from T...

Yesterday Teesside International Airport welcomed possibly its rarest ever aircraft visitor. The Fiji Airways Boeing 737-700 DQ-FJF had travelled half-way around the world from the place it had called home for the past 22 years, to enter retirement with Willis Asset Management - our new based aircraft recycling and maintenance company. Willis are using Hangar 1 at Teessi...

London Heathrow has been added to the list of routes from Teesside International Airport after an absence of over ten years! Eastern Airways will be operating the route daily, 7 days a week, from 14 September. If it does well, there could be potential to add extra frequencies per day. At this morning's press announcement, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen spoke of the...

Another new route has been announced from Teesside International Airport. Eastern Airways, who last month announced a range of domestic routes from Teesside, are now adding Alicante to the list! This popular holiday airport serves the Spanish resorts along the Costa Blanca, like Benidorm, Altea, Denia, Calpe and the Region of Murcia. The route will be served t...

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and Tony Burgess, MD of Eastern Airways, this morning announced the airline is starting six new routes from Teesside International. Friends of Teesside International Airport were at the press conference held in a chilly Hangar 1 at the airport where the new routes were revealed. They are: Isle of Man - a Seasonal service, starting on...

Teesside Airport may have parted ways with Doncaster Sheffield Airport as far as ownership is concerned, but the two Friends' groups have no intention of severing ties, not least because our group wouldn't exist without theirs, and it always gives us something to aspire to when we see how refined their operation is and how much freedom they have across the whole airport and it...

This month's meeting was held on Wednesday 16th October in the airport terminal, and we had a special presentation from Phil Forster - the new Head of Airport Development for Teesside International Airport. Phil's presentation has been given a number of times recently, to local press, businesses and the airport's Consultative Committee. He gave us a bespoke version to b...

In late August we had an organised visit to the International Fire Training Ground on the eastern side of Teesside International Airport. We were hosted by the always excellent Chris Brown, who is retiring soon and will be sorely missed. We were talked through the many rigs and aircraft, both real and mock-up, that are located on the burning ground. We also g...

On 25 July 2019 Durham Tees Valley Airport was formally renamed Teesside International Airport - the name it had enjoyed for most of its early life. This involved a rebranding and new logo for the airport, which were unveiled by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen at the airport. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV08nL-ws0A As a result, our group has now been rena...