Newcastle Airport Bank Holiday Getaway
3 May 2013, 12:35 | Updated: 30 March 2016, 13:50
Newcastle Airport is expecting 25,000 passengers over the Spring bank holiday weekend
The weekend sees the start of the summer season for the airport as airlines and tour operators begin their busy summer schedules from the region’s largest airport.
Nearly 3 million passengers will pass through the airport between May and October this year with 865,000 passengers travelling on charter services to popular holiday destinations.
The bank holiday weekend sees the beginning of the summer season and over 120 charter flights a week will fly off to a wide range of sunny holiday destinations.
This is in addition to the existing range of scheduled and low cost routes planned to operate this summer.
Chris Sanders, Aviation Development Director at Newcastle Airport, said:
“We’re geared up and ready for a busy bank holiday and summer season. This summer will see millions of passengers passing through the airport.
“Holidaymakers will be jetting off to exciting holiday destinations such as Turkey, Tunisia, Greece, Spain and the Caribbean from the UK’s fifth largest charter airport.
“Travellers dream about this time of year when they can jet off in to the sunshine and enjoy fun filled holidays and create memories which last a lifetime.
“Thousands of families will use our services this year and we’ve rolled-out customer service refresher courses for all staff to ensure that all customers have the best experience possible this summer. Our goal is to be the UK’s most welcoming airport and yet again we are going above and beyond for our customers.”
Passengers travelling through the airport this summer will experience the airport’s spacious terminal development which officially opened last year.
The £3.2 million three-storey terminal development created an additional 5,242 sq. ft. of security search accommodation. The area can provide up to 10 lanes in total to screen hand luggage ahead of entry into the departure lounge, five more than were in operation.
The investment also includes significant changes to immigration areas and both the domestic and international baggage halls to further improve the customer’s journey through the airport.
