A ‘HATED’ passenger tax at a North-East airport will be abolished within weeks, The Northern Echo can reveal today. Bosses have confirmed Teesside Airport’s controversial passenger facility fee, a tax levied on every passenger flying out of the airport, will be scrapped from June 1 due to ‘expanded services’ improving finances. The tax was first introduced in 2010 by Teesside’s previous owners Peel, leading to threats from airlines and passengers to boycott the airport. It follows similar schemes introduced at a number of regional airports, including Blackpool, Newquay and Norwich. Just days later, Ryanair announces they would be stopping their Alicante service – their only remaining route at the time.
The airline will now fly to Corfu, Greece from Teesside International Airport. The new route was announced today from Teesside to Corfu operating every Wednesday from July. This new route expands Ryanair’s offer from Teesside following the airline’s return to the region with two other summer routes to Alicante and Palma de Mallorca, both flying twice weekly from June. As vaccination programmes continue in Europe and the UK makes impressive progress with its vaccine rollout, Ryanair expects air travel to soar in the peak summer month. Ryanair has launched a seat sale with fares available from £19.99, for travel from July until the end of October 2021, which must be booked by midnight Friday (April 23), on the Ryanair.com website.
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Alicante-Elche with Ryanair and easyJet resume
Alicante-Elche airport set to welcome passengers back for summer holidays
Quote: ‘Our connections to Alicante are proving to be a popular choice for consumers’ – Ryanair’s Commercial Director, Jason McGuinness
By Andrew Atkinson
RYANANIR are set to return to the sky with flights to Alicante-Elche airport in June – with passengers keen to get back on board for summer 2021.
“Our connections to Alicante and Palma de Mallorca are proving to be a popular choice for Teesside consumers,” said Ryanair’s Commercial Director, Jason McGuinness.
“Teesside Airport continue to work to deliver efficient operations and competitive airport charges, which offer the means for long-term traffic growth and new routes,” said McGuinness.
Ryanair announces flights to Corfu from Teesside Airport this summer
Teessiders will be jetting off to the lush Greek isle from their airport within months - but they need to be quick to bag bargain seats (Image: scu)
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Ryanair has announced flights to Corfu from Teesside International this summer.
Talks held with Middle East investors over creation of Teesside super port
The potential move could see billions of pounds of foreign investment pumped into the area
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Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is in talks with Government ministers and Middle East investors over a multi-billion pound deal to create a new super port in Teesside.