Overview
- The new base at Newcastle International Airport is now operational with three stationed jets, running 86 weekly flights to 22 destinations and launching first services this week.
- Fourteen routes are new to easyJet from Newcastle, including Antalya, Lisbon, Nice, Prague, and Tenerife.
- The operation creates 140 direct pilot and cabin crew jobs and is expected to support about 1,200 roles across the supply chain and local hospitality.
- Basing the aircraft lifts easyJet’s Newcastle capacity by about 85% compared with previous levels, according to CEO Kenton Jarvis.
- The airline says it has bought fuel in advance, though a prolonged conflict in the Middle East could raise operating costs and later feed into ticket prices.