A NEW £150m airport base in the North East has officially opened – paving the way for passengers to travel to ten more destinations and the creation of 60 employment opportunities.
Ahead of the busy summer schedule, Newcastle Airport unveiled its new Ryanair building, which will mark a major investment in the North East and increase the holiday destinations at the airport to a total of 19.
As part of the £150m scheme, Ryanair will operate over 130 weekly flights for Summer 2022 to give Newcastle’s holiday makers a variety of European destinations in Italy, Spain and England.
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The ten new routes to Chania, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Krakow, Menorca, Milan, Paphos, Riga, and Zadar – is a Newcastle airport first, with airport bosses confident that footfall at the terminals will rise.
Ryanair’s director of marketing, Dara Brady said: “Ryanair is thrilled to announce its largest Newcastle schedule that offers 130 weekly flights across 19 routes, including ten new routes to fantastic destinations such as Chania, Milan, and Zadar.
“The opening of this base and introduction of these new routes from Newcastle reinforces our commitment to increasing connectivity, travel options and inbound tourism to the area as Ryanair will now offer 40% more capacity than it did pre-pandemic.
“We are delighted to open this new base and strengthen our relationship with Newcastle Airport, which will now host a fleet of two Ryanair aircraft.”
To allow customers and visitors to/from Newcastle to book their summer getaway, the flight operator is launching a seat sale with fares available from £19,99 for travel from March to October, which must be booked by Thursday (March 31).
Newcastle International Airport’s chief executive, Nick Jones, added: “Today sees a significant investment and commitment from Ryanair at Newcastle International Airport which will also benefit the wider North East, creating hundreds of new jobs and providing an even bigger choice of destinations.
"From today, Ryanair will operate a total of 19 routes from our Airport, including the brand-new destinations of Zadar in Croatia, Chania in Crete, Milan in Italy and Riga in Latvia. We look forward to welcoming even more Ryanair passengers through our doors this summer.”
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