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Record breaking months cap soaring 2016 for Newcastle Airport

Newcastle International Airport has reported a 6% annual rise in passengers travelling through its doors, after 4.8 million people journeyed through the airport in 2016.

An increase of over 250,000 passengers on 2015, the airport has now enjoyed year on year growth for the sixth year running.

With almost 600,000 passengers passing through the terminal in June last year, airport chiefs also expressed their delight in achieving the busiest month since 2007.

The daily Emirates service to Dubai celebrated record numbers in August. The route, set to celebrate ten years of operation in 2017, carried 22,745 passengers in August from Newcastle and its Dubai hub.

Moreover, Newcastle International recorded its strongest December in over 10 years, with more than 300,000 passengers travelling in the final month of 2016.

The latest figures come less than a week after the airport was announced as the most punctual small airport in the world following the release of OAG’s 2016 Punctuality League, with over 90% of flights both leaving and arriving on time.

Nick Jones, Interim Chief Executive at Newcastle International Airport, said: “2016 was a fantastic year with some amazing achievements.

“We have seen a number of record breaking months at the airport and to have now seen six years of positive year on year growth is a great accomplishment.”

Alicante was the favoured holiday destination for the North East travelling public, with 341,298 people travelling to the Costa Blanca.

The airport also introduced a number of new flight routes in 2016 including services to Berlin, Cancun and three Polish destinations to Gdansk, Warsaw and Wroclaw.

Mr Jones continued: “We have worked very hard to build a route network that offers a wide variety of choice to suit the needs of all our passengers.

“With even more choice available from Newcastle for a number of years, 2017 is set to be a special year for the airport as we expect to surpass 5 million passengers.”

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