Timeline Of Events
Civil
Highlight = key event
| 1959 |
| 09 Feb Whilst most know the Mercury Airlines Manchester flight as being the first commercial service from the airfield in 1964, there was a three week trial charter route beginning on this date operated by Eagle Airways on behalf of ICI using a De Havilland Heron aircraft Presumably the trial did not lead to anything more permanent and the destination is unknown |
| 18 May Would you believe we were not Teesside's first commercial airport?! At 0840 the former RAF Greatham at Hartlepool saw a BKS Aero Charters daily service to RAF Northolt, London using Douglas Dakotas |
| 1964 |
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18 Apr 1st airline: Mercury Airlines to Manchester Using De Havilland Devons |
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20 Apr Airfield is handed over to the Ministry of Civil Aviation Thus ending an era! The airfield is purchased from the military for £340,000 (£6.7m at 2019 value). A further £110,000 (£2.2m today) is spent re-equipping the airfield for civil use, and another £144,000 (£2.9m) constructing an airliner apron |
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Apr The first civilian flying club is formed, the Middleton-St-George Aero Club |
| 31 Oct Route ceased: Mercury Airlines to Manchester Mercury go bust, ending our debut route to Manchester |
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02 Nov New airline: BKS Air Transport to London Heathrow The route proves successful - until BKS introduced the Bristol Britannia, which was a significant increase in seating capacity compared to the Ambassadors and sadly the passengers did not grow with the aircraft type, therefore BKS - with help from British European Airways (BEA) offered a reduced service until Autair International Airways were granted a route licence to take-over the service, choosing to fly into Luton over Heathrow |
| 09 Nov New airline: British Midland Airways to Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle Most probably won't realise our first British Midland route was a DC-3 service to Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle! |
| 1965 |
| 12 Apr New route: BKS Air Transport to Belfast Aldergrove 3x weekly service using Airspeed Ambassadors |
| 22 May New route: BKS Air Transport to Jersey Summer seasonal |
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01 Jun New airline: Dan-Air Services to Plymouth via Chester Hawarden Confirmation needed, seems to have been gone by the end of the month? |
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04 Jun New routes: Dan-Air Services to Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Newcastle |
| 28 Oct Routes ceased: British Midland Airways to Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle |
| 01 Nov Route change: Dan-Air Services (Newcastle) > Newcastle Ouston Temporary move due constructon work at the main airport |
| 1966 |
| 01 Apr Route change: Dan-Air Services (Newcastle Ouston) > Newcastle |
| 01 Oct Route ceased: BKS Air Transport to Jersey Axed after two seasons |
| 31 Oct Route ceased: BKS Air Transport to Belfast Aldergrove |
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01 Nov The passenger terminal is opened by Princess Margaritha of Sweden, it cost £506,000 (£9.3m) to build. The St George Hotel opened shortly afterwards, the conversion from the Officers Mess costing £250,000 (£4.6m) |
| 1967 |
| 01 Jan Route change: BKS Air Transport (London Heathrow) > Autair International Airways (London Luton) Autair takeover the London route from BKS Air Transport and move the service from Heathrow to Luton |
| 01 Apr New routes? Autair to Amsterdam Noted in the airlines Summer 1967 timetable |
| 11 Jul New route: Autair to Hull (Brough) |
| 01 Nov Route change: Autair International Airways London Luton > London Heathrow Luton struggles to perform well, and following an outcry from passengers, Autair switch back to Heathrow |
| 1968 |
| Mar New route? Autair International Airways to Dublin Autair's Summer 1968 timetable shows a Dublin route, no further detail |
| 02 Apr New route: Autair International Airways to London Luton Their second attempt at the route, in addition to Heathrow |
| 04 Apr New routes: Autair International Airways to Belfast Aldergrove and Glasgow |
| 04 May New route: Autair International Airways to Jersey Summer seasonal |
| 01 Jun New route: Autair International Airways to Isle of Man Summer seasonal |
| 03 Nov New route: Autair Internatonal Airways to Dundee (RAF Leuchars) |
| 1969 |
| 20 Jan New airline: Channel Airways to Aberdeen, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds Bradford, London Luton, Newcastle and Southend Probably one multi-stop route |
| 27 Mar Route change: Autair International Airways to Hull (Brough) > Hull (Leconfield) |
| 29 Mar Route ceased: Autair International Airways to London Luton |
| 30 Mar Route ceased: Autair International Airways to Dundee (RAF Leuchars) |
| Jun New route: Channel Airways to London Stansted |
| 27 Sep Route ceased: Autair International Airways to Isle of Man Axed after two seasons |
| 12 Oct Route ceased: Autair International Airways to Jersey |
| 31 Oct Routes ceased: Autair Internatonal Airways to Belfast Aldergrove, Glasgow and Hull |
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31 Oct Route change: Autair International Airways (London Heathrow) > British Midland Airways Commencing an almost 40-year long route under British Midland |
| 03 Nov New route: British Midland Airways to East Midlands |
| 28 Nov Routes ceased: Channel Airways to Aberdeen, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds Bradford, London Luton, London Stansted, Newcastle and Southend |
| 1970 |
| Mar Routes ceased: Dan-Air Services to Bristol, Cardiff and Newcastle |
| 23 May New routes: British Midland Airways to Isle of Man and Jersey Summer seasonal, the latter would continue through to the 2000s |
| May Route ceased: British Midland Airways to East Midlands |
| May New route: British Midland Airways to Guernsey Summer seasonal, indirect route - likely via Jersey? |
| 26 Sep Route ceased: British Midland Airways to Isle of Man Axed after just one season |
| Oct Route ceased: British Midland to Guernsey Axed after just one season |
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Dec The airport enters the jet age as British Midland introduce the BAC 1-11 on services to Jersey and Isle of Man |
| 1971 |
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19 Oct Tees-Side Airports railway station opens With a short-lived shuttle bus running between the station and the terminal |
| 1972 |
| Jan New airline: Northeast Airlines to Palma A year round service, Northeast Airlines used to be BKS Air Transport |
| 04 May New airline: Bavaria Fluggesellschaft to Munich Not much known about this service other than it was gone by May 1973 |
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05 Jun New airline: Air Anglia Air Anglia begin services to Aberdeen (via Newcastle) and Amsterdam (via Norwich) with the Norwich leg presumably bookable on its own |
| Jun New route? British Midland Airways to Ostend Confirmation needed, would have been summer seasonal |
| Oct New routes: Northeast Airlines to Alicante, Naples and Rome and new airline: Spantax to Tenerife Los Rodeos October 1972 is the first noted date, they may have been established by that point? Naples and Rome need outright confirming |
| Profit / (Loss)
1971-72 circa (£199,000) |
| New operator: Casair
Aviation Services A private charter operator formed by local businessman Jack Cassidy, it wouldn't be until March 1981 when they began scheduled passenger services |
| 1973 |
| Mar Routes ceased: Northeast Airlines to Naples and Rome, Spantax to Tenerife Los Rodeos If the routes did go ahead then this is our last record of them |
| 19 May New route: British Midland Airways to Isle of Man Their second attempt at the summer seasonal route |
| May New airlines: Alidair to Ostend, Aviaco to Mahon and British European Airways to Munich Summer seasonal, further details needed |
| May New routes: Dan-Air Services to Alicante, Gerona, Ibiza, Mahon, Palma, Reus, Rimini and Venice May 1973 is the first noted date from the earliest piece of literature we have - they may have started sooner? |
| Jun New airline: Alidair to Stavanger Summer seasonal |
| 06 Aug New airline: Air Spain to Tenerife Los Rodeos Air Spain begin a year round service to Tenerife North using DC-8s, the route may have been shared with Glasgow Intl? |
| 14 Sep Route ceased: British European Airways to Munich May have operated prior to 1973, otherwise lasted just one season |
| Sep Routes cease? Alidair to Ostend and Stavanger and Dan-Air Services to Rimini and Venice Last record we have of them, may have continued longer? |
| 03 Oct Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Birmingham |
| Oct Routes ceased? British Midland Airways to Ostend and Dan-Air Services to Alicante, Gerona, Ibiza, Mahon, Palma and Reus The British Midland route needs confirming but appears to have lasted two seasons, the Dan-Air routes axed after just one season |
| 02 Nov New airline: Britannia Airways to Palma Their first service with many to follow over the years including a based aircraft between 2005-2007 |
| Nov New route: Dan-Air Services to Málaga Winter seasonal |
| 29 Dec Route ceased: Northeast Airlines to Alicante The last record we have for the service |
| Profit / (Loss)
1972-73 (£213,852) |
| 1974 |
| 31 Mar Route ceased: Northeast Airlines to Palma Last noted date for the Northeast service to Palma |
| Apr Route ceased: Britannia Airways to Palma Axed after just one season |
| 22 Sep Route ceased: British Midland Airways to Isle of Man Axed after two seasons |
| 08 Oct New routes: Dan-Air Services to Cardiff and Newcastle |
| During the year, the CAA declared Teesside Airport
would become the primary airport of the north east of
England, they felt we would dwarf Newcastle Alas politics got in the way and Newcastle receives the investment required to grow and expand |
| Routes ceased: Air Spain to
Tenerife Los Rodeos, Aviaco to Mahon and Dan-Air
Services to Málaga Dates unknown |
| 1975 |
| 18 May New Route: Dan-Air Services to Isle of Man |
| 1976 |
| 01 May New airline: Inex-Adria Airways to Dubrovnik Summer seasonal |
| 08 May New airline: Aviogenex to Pula Summer seasonal |
| 21 Oct Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Bristol via Manchester |
| 30 Oct Route ceased: Inex-Adria Airways to Dubrovnik Axed after just one season |
| During the year British Midland introduce the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 - they acquired the type especially for the Teesside-London Heathrow route |
| During the year a Dan-Air service to Stavanger via Newcastle is noted, no start date known |
| 1977 |
| 25 Mar New route: Dan-Air Services to Kristiansand via Newcastle |
| 03 Apr New route: British Midland Airways to Palma Summer seasonal |
| 07 May New route: British Midland Airways to Alicante Summer seasonal |
| 28 May New route: British Midland Airways to Barcelona Summer seasonal |
| 03 Jun New route: British Midland Airways to Rimini Summer seasonal |
| 10 Jun New route: British Midland Airways to Venice Summer seasonal |
| 16 Sep Route ceased: British Midland Airways to Venice Axed after just one season |
| 18 Oct Route ceased: Aviogenex to Pula Axed after two seasons, they would have another go in 1984 |
| 21 Oct Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Kristiansand |
| 29 Oct Routes ceased: British Midland Airways to Alicante and Barcelona Lasted just one season |
| 30 Oct Route ceased: British Midland Airways to Palma Lasted just one season |
| During the year the Dan-Air service to Stavanger via Newcastle is believed to have ended |
| 1978 |
| 20 Mar New routes: Air Anglia to Glasgow and Humberside Air Anglia expand their existing Aberdeen, Amsterdam and Norwich services to include Glasgow and Humberside |
| 05 May New routes: Aviaco to Barcelona and Palma Summer seasonal |
| 14 May New route: Aviaco to Alicante Summer seasonal |
| 20 May New route: Britannia Airways to Palma Their second stint on the route |
| 25 May New route: British Midland Airways to Mahon Summer seasonal |
| 11 Jun New route: British Midland Airways to Málaga Summer seasonal |
| 24 Jun New route: British Midland Airways to Pisa Summer seasonal |
| 08 Jul Routes ceased: Britannia Airways to Palma and British Midland Airways to Pisa Short seasons |
| 21 Sep Route ceased: British Midland Airways to Mahon Lasted just one season |
| 22 Sep Route ceased: British Midland to Rimini Managed two seasons |
| 22 Oct Route ceased: British Midland Airways to Málaga Lasted just one season |
| 1979 |
| 14 Mar Routes ceased: Dan-Air Services to Bournemouth, Cardiff and Newcastle |
| 01 Apr New route: Air Anglia to London Stansted |
| 13 May New route: Aviaco to Málaga Summer seasonal |
| 06 Sep Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Düsseldorf We don't have a start date for this service but believe it was axed after just one summer season |
| Oct Route ceased: Air Anglia to London Stansted |
| 1980 |
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15 Jan Routes change: Air Anglia (Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Glasgow, Humberside and Norwich) > Air UK Air Anglia merged with three other airlines to form "the third force" Air UK in January 1980 |
| 01 May New route: Britannia Airways to Palma Their third stint on the route, the second during summer |
| 19 Sep Route ceased: Aviaco to Barcelona Axed after two seasons |
| 28 Sep Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Isle of Man Axed after five years |
| 26 Oct Routes ceased: Aviaco to Alicante and Málaga Alicante axed after two seasons, Málaga after just one |
| 1981 |
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02 Mar New route: Casair Aviation Services to Glasgow Intl After 16 years at the airport offering private charter services, Casair expand into scheduled passenger services with a Glasgow route |
| 09 May New route: Dan-Air Services to Barcelona Summer seasonal |
| 19 May New route: Dan-Air Services to Dublin via Newcastle |
| 29 Jul The main runway alignment changes from 06/24 to 05/23 due to the natural movement of magnetic north |
| 31 Oct Route change: Air UK (Glasgow and Humberside) > Casair Casair pick up the Glasgow Intl and Humberside routes from Air UK |
| At some point during the year Thisle Hotels takeover the St George Hotel |
| 1982 |
| 05 Jan New route: Casair Aviation Services to Isle of Man |
| Mar Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Dublin The via Newcastle service is axed after just ten months |
| 01 Apr New route: British Midland Airways to Palma Their second stint on the summer seasonal route |
| 15 Apr New route: Casair Aviation Services to Shannon Summer seasonal service on behalf of Press Travel - Casair by this point were part of the William Press Group who were presumably one and the same as Press Travel |
| 01 May New route: Dan-Air Services to Palma Their second attempt at a summer seasonal service |
| 13 May New route: Britannia Airways to Corfu Summer seasonal |
| 23 May New airline: British Air Ferries to Düsseldorf and Jersey Summer seasonal |
| 24 May New routes: Casair Aviation Services to Belfast City and London Gatwick |
| 27 May New route: Dan-Air Services to Málaga Their second attempt on the route, the first during summer |
| May/Jun Polar Transit of London announce plans to set-up Polar Airways at Tees-Side Airport from September The new airline will specialise in contract, charter and cargo work using a Fokker F-27 Friendship, although it would end up being Vickers Viscounts used |
| 05 Jun New route: Casair Aviation Services to Guernsey Summer seasonal |
| 23 Sep Route ceased: Casair Aviation Services to Shannon Lasted just one season |
| 26 Sep Routes ceased: British Air Ferries to Jersey and Dan-Air Services to Barcelona Jersey axed after just one season, Barcelona after two |
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24 Oct Routes change: Casair Aviation Services (Belfast City, Glasgow Intl, Guernsey, Isle of Man and London Gatwick) > Genair Genair of Liverpool purchase both Casair of Teesside and the original incarnation of Eastern Airways at Humberside, keeping the Genair brand but moving to the Eastern facilities at Humberside |
| 24 Oct New routes: Genair to Humberside and Leeds Bradford In addition to the Casair inherited services Genair start flying to Humberside and stop at Leeds en route to Gatwick |
| 28 Oct Route ceased: Britannia Airways to Corfu Lasted just one season |
| 06 Nov New route: Aviaco to Palma A new winter service added to their existing summer flights |
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Nov Routes change: Genair > British Caledonian Commuter Services Just one month after the merger that formed Genair, they become a feeder carrier for British Caledonian, taking on all routes as listed above |
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11 Dec Airport charters Concorde for the day |
| 1983 |
| 03 Jan New route: British Caledonian Commuter Services (Genair) to Norwich An extension of an unknown existing route |
| 25 Mar Route change: British Caledonian Commuter Services (Genair) Belfast Aldergrove > Belfast Harbour |
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Mar Polar Airways cease trading |
| 30 Apr Route ceased: Aviaco to Palma Winter route axed after just one season, summer service continues |
| 07 May New route: Dan-Air Services to Alicante Their second attempt at the summer seasonal route |
| 08 May New route: Dan-Air Services to Gerona As with the above, their second attempt on the route |
| 14 May New routes: British Caledonian Commuter Services (Genair) to Isle of Man and Dan-Air Services to Treviso Summer seasonal |
| 15 May New route: Dan-Air Services to Jersey Summer seasonal |
| 01 Jul New route: British Air Ferries to Münster Osnabrück Added to their existing Düsseldorf service |
| 03 Jul New route: British Caledonian Commuter Services (Genair) to Guernsey Summer seasonal |
| 27 Aug Route ceased: British Caledonian Commuter Services (Genair) to Isle of Man Presumably Genair's bankruptcy prevented the route from returning the following season |
| 17 Sep Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Treviso Axed after just one season |
| 02 Oct Route ceased: British Caledonian Commuter Services (Genair) to Guernsey Presumably Genair's bankruptcy prevented the route from returning the following season |
| 17 Oct New route: British Caledonian Commuter Services (Genair) to Blackpool Winter seasonal |
| 28 Oct Route ceased: British Midland Airways to Palma Managed two seasons |
| 03 Nov New route: Dan-Air Services to Málaga Their second attempt at a winter service and combined with the existing summer service the route is briefly year-round |
| 05 Nov New route: Dan-Air Services to Palma As with the above, the addition of a winter service makes the route briefly year-round |
| 1984 |
| 19 Apr Route ceased: British Caledonian Commuter Services (Genair) to Blackpool Presumably Genair's bankruptcy prevented the route from returning the following season |
| 04 May New routes: Spantax to Málaga and Palma Summer seasonal |
| 13 May New route: Aviogenex to Pula Their second attempt at the summer seasonal route |
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13 Jul Routes ceased: British Caledonian Commuter Services (Genair) to Glasgow Intl, Humberside, London Gatwick via Leeds Bradford and Norwich Genair cease trading in a body blow for Teesside, with the Teesside Aviation News publication quoting a loss of 11 out of 18 destinations or 10 of 17 daily services, which doesn't tally up with what we have but we can't imagine they'd be wrong |
| 13 Jul Route change: British Caledonian Commuter Services (Genair) Belfast Harbour > Dan-Air Services (Belfast Intl) The only route to survive the bankruptcy of Genair, Dan-Air pick up Belfast and move the service to the larger International airport at Aldergrove |
| 26 Oct Route ceased: Spantax to Málaga Axed after just one season |
| 29 Oct Route ceased: Britannia Airways to Palma After four seasons |
| 02 Nov New airline: Air Ecosse to Glasgow and Humberside Air Ecosse pick up Glasgow and Humberside from bankrupt Genair with help from a resurrected Casair |
| 05 Nov New airline: Spacegrand Aviation to Belfast City |
| 1985 |
| 29 Mar Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Belfast Intl |
| Apr Routes ceased: Dan-Air Services to Málaga and Palma Both axed after two seasons, the summer services continues on |
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Apr Airport celebrates its 21st birthday as a commercial airport. |
| 05 May New route: Dan-Air Services to Ibiza Attempt no.2 on the summer seasonal route |
| 20 May New route: Air Ecosse to London Gatwick via Leeds Bradford Air Ecosse expand their presence at Teesside with a Gatwick service, unlike Glasgow and Humberside they operate this route themselves |
| 25 May New airline: Guernsey Airlines to Guernsey Summer seasonal |
| 15 Sep Route change: British Air Ferries (Münster Osnabrück) > Euroair Transport Next summer would be operated by Euroair |
| 16 Sep Route change: British Air Ferries (Düsseldorf) > Euroair Transport Next summer would be operated by Euroair |
| 28 Sep Route ceased: Guernsey Airlines to Guernsey Axed after just one season |
| 24 Oct Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Gerona Axed after three seasons |
| 26 Oct Route ceased: Aviaco to Palma Axed after an impressive eight seasons |
| 28 Oct Route change: Spacegrand Aviation (Belfast City) > Jersey European Airways Jersey European operate the service via Blackpool |
| Runway 10/28 is believed to have closed during the year |
| 1986 |
| 25 Apr Route ceased: Jersey European Airways to Blackpool The Belfast service becomes direct |
| 18 May New route: Dan-Air Services to Barcelona Their second attempt at the summer seasonal service |
| 20 Jul Route ceased: Euroair Transport to Düsseldorf The tour operator behind the route, Travel Team, ceases trading |
| 26 Jul Route ceased: Euroair Transport to Münster Osnabrück As above |
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23 Aug Airport charters Concorde for the 1986 air show |
| 11 Oct Route ceased: Aviogenex to Pula Axed after three seasons |
| During the year, British Midland introduce the famous Diamond Service across several routes, including Tees-Side - London Heathrow |
| 1987 |
| 19 Jan Route changes: Air Ecosse (Glasgow, Humberside, London Gatwick) > Casair (Glasgow and Humberside) and Malinair (Glasgow and London Gatwick) Air Ecosse cease trading, with sub-operator on the Glasgow and Humberside routes Casair taking them on exclusively themselves, whilst newcomers Malinair pick up Gatwick and compete on Glasgow |
| 02 Feb New route: Britannia Airways to Lyon Seasonal ski charter |
| 23 Feb Route change: Britannia Airways (Lyon) > Salzburg Next years ski programme would switch to Salzburg |
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01 Apr Airport becomes privatised, with Cleveland and Durham local authorities retaining their shares. The airport rebrands from Tees-Side Airport to Teesside International Airport |
| 24 Apr New route: British Midland Airways to Palma Noted as "helping out Spantax" (as extra - they maintained their own frequency) |
| 03 May New route: JAT Yugoslav Airlines to Pula Summer seasonal |
| 07 May Route ceased: Malinair to Glasgow and London Gatwick Pilot shortages cited |
| 09 May New route: Aviogenex to Dubrovnik Summer seasonal |
| Aug Ken Large Aviation merges into Cleveland Flying School due to the airport management of the time adopting a one flying school policy, although to contradict this Teesside Aero Club had recently started up. Update: We now believe this may have occurred around 1993, with the airport management deciding three was enough not one. |
| 19 Sep Route ceased: British Midland Airways to Palma The end of their extra service for Spantax |
| 10 Oct Route ceased: Aviogenex to Dubrovnik Axed after just one season, they would have another attempt three years later |
| 11 Oct Route ceased: JAT Yugoslav Airlines to Pula Axed after just one season |
| 19 Oct Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Barcelona Axed after two seasons |
| 31 Oct Route ceased: Spantax to Palma Axed after four seasons |
| 01 Nov Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Alicante Lasted five seasons |
| Nov New route: Casair Aviation to Manchester |
| 1988 |
| 19 Feb Route ceased: Britannia Airways to Salzburg Axed after one season, two if original destination Lyon included |
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04 Mar Routes ceased: Casair Aviation to Glasgow Intl, Humberside and Manchester Casair cease trading for a second time, this time for good |
| 28 Mar New route: Air UK to Humberside Their second stint on the route, they pick it up from bankrupt Casair to whom they'd handed it in October 1981 |
| Apr New airline: Air Kilroe to Manchester Air Kilroe run a twice daily ad-hoc charter service on behalf of I.C.I. |
| 01 May New airline: Adria Airways Yugotours began summer seasonal services to Dubrovnik and Pula that would run for three seasons before the Yugoslav Wars forced there termination. During the final 1990 summer season a third service to Split was added. Adria Airways predecessor, Inex-Adria Airways, had operated a Dubrovnik summer service during 1976 |
| May New airline: Hispania Líneas Aéreas to Palma Summer seasonal |
| 05 Jun New route: Dan-Air Services to Gerona Their third and final stint on the summer seasonal route |
| 16 Oct Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Jersey Lasted six seasons |
| 17 Oct Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Gerona Lasted just one season |
| 1989 |
| 20 Jan New airline: Air Europe to Salzburg Air Europe launch a ski charter to Salzburg |
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30 Jan New operator: Aircam Aviation Initially involved in air taxi charters including air ambulance work, they would later operate scheduled routes. 30th January sees them take delivery of their first aircraft; PA-31 G-POLO. |
| 24 Mar New route: British Midland Airways to Palma Their fourth (and longest) time on the route |
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10 May New route: Air Europe to Orlando Our first Orlando route and first long haul route as well, operating via Bangor |
| 20 May New airline: British Island Airways to Palma Summer seasonal |
| 24 May New airline: Monarch Airlines to Gerona Summer seasonal via Glasgow Intl |
| 15 Jul Route change: Hispania Líneas Aéreas (Palma) > Nort Jet Hispania go bankrupt and Nort Jet pick up the service |
| 27 Jul Route ceased: Nort Jet to Palma |
| 26 Aug Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Ibiza Lasted five seasons |
| Aug New operator: Dollar Air Services A helicopter operator |
| 20 Sep Route ceased: Monarch Airlines to Gerona Lasted just one season |
| Sep Route change: Air Kilroe to Manchester Goes from an ad-hoc I.C.I. charter using Beech 200s to a scheduled route using Jetstream 31s, same twice daily frequency |
| 25 Oct Route ceased: Air Europe to Orlando Poor marketing, short notice, value of the pound against the dollar and aircraft availability were all cited as reasons for not renewing our first Orlando route |
| 28 Oct Route ceased: British Island Airways to Palma Axed after just one season |
| 1990 |
| 15 Jan Route change: Air Europe to Lyon Air Europe operate to Lyon having switched from Salzburg the previous year |
| 19 Jan New route: Dan-Air Services to Salzburg A second ski charter |
| 05 Feb Route ceased: Air Europe to Lyon Axed after just one season |
| 16 Feb Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Salzburg Axed after just one season |
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23 Feb New operator: Sprayavia Aircraft painting company move into Hangar 2, using Teesside as an 'overspill' facility, the first aircraft is "EC-EAK", a Boeing 737-300 arriving in Iberia colours and leaving in all white for Air Europa |
| Feb New operator: British International Helicopter Services Moved in to service an oil rig contract |
| 23 Mar Route ceased: Jersey European Airways to Belfast City The service had briefly routed via Blackpool toward the end |
| 01 May New airline: Air Europa to Tenerife South Air Europa make their Teesside debut and begin a long standing relationship with the airport via a summer route to Tenerife South |
| 18 May New route: Adria Airways to Split Summer only service to Split added to the existing seasonal routes to Dubrovnik and Pula |
| 25 May New airline: Oasis Airlines to Palma Summer seasonal |
| 09 Jun New route: Aviogenex to Dubrovnik Their second stint on the summer seasonal route |
| 04 Sep Routes ceased: Air Europa to Tenerife South Air Europa's debut service to Tenerife only lasts for one season and oddly appears to have been inbound only |
| 07 Oct Route ceased: Aviogenex to Dubrovnik As with Adria Airways, the Yugoslav Wars prevented the route from being renewed |
| 08 Oct Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Palma Axed after a healthy nine seasons |
| 11 Oct Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Málaga Lasted a healthy nine seasons |
| Oct Routes ceased: Adria Airways to Dubrovnik, Pula and Split The Yugoslav Wars force their three summer routes to Dubrovnik, Pula and Split to not be renewed for 1991 |
| One millionth aircraft movement occurs in the form of a British Midland service to London Heathrow |
| 1991 |
| 19 Jan New airline: GB Airways to Salzburg Winter seasonal ski charter |
| 09 Feb Route ceased: GB Airways to Salzburg Lasted just one season |
| 14 Mar New airline: Freeway Air to Amsterdam Once weekly scheduled service, but could have been a corporate charter? |
| 05 May New airline: Balkan Bulgarian Airlines to Bourgas Summer seasonal |
| 20 May New airline: North East Express (Aberdeen Airways) to London Gatwick Aberdeen Airways operate a year round twice daily Gatwick service under the North East Express banner |
| 11 Jun Route ceased: Freeway Air to Amsterdam |
| 30 Aug Route ceased: North East Express (Aberdeen Airways) to London Gatwick Aircraft availability cited as the reason |
| 01 Nov Route ceased: Oasis Airlines to Palma Axed after two seasons |
| 27 Dec New airline: Air UK Leisure The charter arm of Air UK operates a ski charter to Lyon |
| 1992 |
| 14 Feb Route ceased: Air UK Leisure to Lyon Only ran for one season |
| 10 Apr New route: Air Europa to Palma Summer seasonal route to Palma, Air Europa's first of seven appearances on the route |
| 24 Apr New ceased: Air Europa to Palma Pulled after less than a month |
| 01 May New airline: Futura International Airways to Palma Futura make their Teesside debut with a summer seasonal Palma service |
| 04 May New airline: Air Malta to Malta Summer seasonal |
| 07 May New airline: Spanair to Palma Summer seasonal |
| 06 Jun New route: Balkan Bulgarian Airlines to Varna Summer seasonal |
| 31 Jul Route ceased: Dan-Air Services to Amsterdam They axe the service having operated the route since the early 70s, they would go bust later in the year |
| 30 Nov New route: Jersey European Airways to Belfast City Their second attempt at the route |
| 1993 |
| 08 Jan New route: Monarch Airlines to Lyon Winter ski charter |
| 12 Feb Route ceased: Monarch Airlines to Lyon Lasted just one season |
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Apr New operator: CAA Flight Calibration Service |
| 25 Jul Route ceased: British Midland Airways to Palma Route axed after five seasons, odd that it ends in July |
| 02 Aug New airline: Gill Air to Aberdeen In competition with Air UK |
| 31 Aug Route change: Jersey European Airways (Belfast City) > Yorkshire European Airways Not sure if there was any link between the two airlines given the similar name? |
| 09 Oct Route ceased: Balkan Bulgarian Airlines to Varna Axed after two seasons |
| 10 Oct Route ceased: Balkan Bulgarian Airlines to Bourgas Axed after three seasons |
| 15 Oct Route change: Yorkshire European Airways (Belfast City) > Gill Air |
| 25 Oct New route: Gill Air to Newcastle Likely a stop on another route |
| 28 Oct Route ceased: Spanair to Palma Lasted two seasons |
| 29 Oct Route ceased: Futura International Airways to Palma Lasted two seasons |
| 29 Nov New route: Gill Air to London Gatwick |
| Nov New operator: GAT GAT (Geordie Air Transport) base a Beech 200 Super King Air at the airport. Only the Geordies could get away with slipping a slang word into the title of a company aimed at the upper class with the highest levels of etiquette !! |
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21 Dec Route change: Gill Air (Belfast City) > Aircam Aviation Resident air taxi operator Aircam Aviation expands into scheduled passenger services, flying to Belfast City, Gill Air continue to co-operate the route |
| 27 Dec New airline: Air 2000 Winter seasonal ski flights to Lyon that would continue through to 2003 when Air 2000 became First Choice Airways, who continued with ski charters from Teesside but switched to Grenoble instead |
| 1994 |
| 27 Apr British Midland choose Teesside International Airport to unveil their new Fokker 100 aircraft - G-BVJA - to both their own and airport staff During the year they introduce it on the Teesside - London Heathrow route |
| 01 May New route: Britannia Airways to Corfu Summer seasonal, their second stint on the route |
| 03 May New route: Britannia Airways to Palma Summer seasonal |
| 06 May New route: Air Europa to Tenerife South Summer seasonal route to Tenerife South, Air Europa's second time on the service |
| 07 May New routes: Air Europa to Palma and Manx Airlines to Jersey Another attempt on the Palma route by Air Europa after the short lived 1992 service |
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09 May New airline: Teesside Aviation (BAC Express Airlines) to London Stansted Resident flying school team up with BAC Express for a Stansted service |
| May New route: Eagle European to Exeter and Manchester |
| Jun Route ceased: Gill Air to Aberdeen Air UK win the battle as Gill withdraw from the route |
| 20 Jul Route ceased: Eagle European to Exeter and Manchester Very short lived |
| 14 Oct Route change: Aircam Aviation (Belfast City) > Knight Air Knight Air takeover the Aircam Aviation/Gill Air service to Belfast |
| 30 Oct Route ceased: Britannia Airways to Corfu Another singular season |
| 05 Nov New airline: Airtours International Airways to Alicante and Tenerife South Airtours make their Teesside debut with year round Alicante and winter seasonal Tenerife services |
| Dec Operator departed: GAT |
| Dec Route change: Teesside Aviation (London Stansted) > Air Swift Air Swift takeover the Stansted route from Teesside Aviation/BAC Express Airlines |
| Airtours launch a substantial inclusive tour programme, south side development planned, and FR Aviation announce a base operation |
| 1995 |
| 06 Jan Route ceased: Gill Air to Newcastle |
| Feb Route change: Knight Air (Belfast City) > Belfast Intl |
| 06 Jan Route ceased: Gill Air to London Gatwick |
| 24 Apr Route ceased: Knight Air to Belfast Intl The route often went via Leeds Bradford towards the end |
|
30 Apr Airport charters Concorde for the third and final time |
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Apr FR Aviation's Hangar 360 is completed and they begin operations from Teesside Airport The company can trace it's history back to Flight Refuelling Ltd which is presumably what the "FR" stands for. Hangar 360 is named after RAF No. 360 Squadron whom FR Aviation replaced. They would rebrand as Cobham Aviation Services during the noughties |
| 01 May New route: Airtours International Airways to Reus Summer seasonal |
| 02 May New route: Airtours International Airways to Larnaca Summer seasonal |
| 05 May New route: Airtours International Airways to Ibiza Summer seasonal |
| 06 May New route: Britannia Airways to Ibiza Summer seasonal |
| 07 May New route: Airtours International Airways to Faro Summer seasonal |
| 20 May New route: Sabre Airways to Palma Summer seasonal, Sabre Airways were the predecessor to Excel Airways |
| 23 May New airline: Sunways to Izmir Summer seasonal |
| May Route change: British Midland Commuter to Jersey Summer seasonal extra to the existing mainline service |
| 30 Sep Route ceased: Manx Airlines to Jersey Axed after two seasons |
| 07 Oct Route ceased: Sabre Airways to Palma Axed after just one season |
| 27 Oct Routes ceased: Air Malta to Malta and Airtours International Airways to Ibiza The Malta summer seasonal route had been operating since May 92 and the Airtours Ibiza is axed after just one season but they would return to it two years later |
| 28 Oct Route ceased: Britannia Airways to Ibiza Axed after one season |
| 29 Oct Route ceased: Airtours International Airways to Faro Axed after one season though they would return to it two years later |
| 31 Oct Route ceased: Airtours International Airways to Larnaca Axed after just one season but they would have another go in 2000 |
| During the year Gill Air rebrand as Gill Airways |
| 1996 |
|
09 Mar The Antonov An-124 visits Teesside for the first time on a cargo charter, it arrived from Houston, Texas with a 20 tonne pressure vessel for Amoco at Seal Sands. The aircraft, "RA-82044" weighed in at 392 tonnes and was operated by Volga Dnepr Airlines/HeavyLift Cargo Airlines |
| 27 Apr Route ceased: Airtours International Airways to Tenerife South Winter service axed after two seasons |
| 03 May New route: Airtours International Airways to Mahon Summer seasonal service to Menorca |
| 04 May New airline: British Airways Express to Jersey Summer seasonal operated by CityFlyer Express |
| 07 May New routes: Air 2000 to Palma, Britannia Airways to Alicante and Monarch Airlines to Orlando Sanford via Bangor Summer seasonal Palma and year-round Alicante using Boeing 757-200s, summer seasonal Orlando using A300s |
| 18 May New route: Air UK to Jersey Summer seasonal |
| 14 Sep Route ceased: British Airways Express to Jersey Axed after just one season |
| 25 Oct Route ceased: Air Europa to Tenerife South Axed after three seasons |
| 29 Oct Route ceased: Air 2000 to Palma de Mallorca Operated for just a single season |
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30 Oct Route ceased: Monarch Airlines to Orlando Sanford Axed after just one season |
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Oct Operator change: The Civil Aviation Authority Fire Training Centre is transferred to Serco Aviation Services |
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Oct Operator change: The Civil Aviation Authority Flight Calibration Service is transferred to FR Aviation Flight Precision Ltd commence operations FR Aviation form a joint venture subsidiary in partnership with Aerodata GmbH of Germany called Flight Precision Ltd, operating Beech 200 Super King Air and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft from Teesside for calibration and inspection of various airport systems. They would later rebrand as Cobham Flight Inspection |
| Oct Route change: British Midland Commuter to Jersey Route returns exclusively to the mainline division after two seasons, they would pick it up again in 1999 |
| 01 Nov New routes: Air Europa to Palma and Spanair to Tenerife South Air Europa's third stint on Palma but first as a winter service, and Spanair's first winter service from Teesside |
| North East Air Support
Unit move in During the year the North East Air Support Unit moved in, basing a Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander at the airport. It would later be replaced by various Eurocopter EC135 helicopters |
| Cleveland County Council disbanded, airport ownership divided amongst several Borough Councils |
| 1997 |
| 28 Mar Route ceased: Air UK to Norwich Amsterdam went direct |
| 25 Apr Route ceased: Air Europa to Palma Air Europa's first winter Palma service axed after just one season |
|
01 May New route: Airtours International Airways to Puerto Plata Summer seasonal long haul service via Glasgow Intl |
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02 May New route: Airtours International Airways to Orlando Sanford Our second Orlando route following Air Europe in the late 80s, this time via Glasgow Intl all seasons bar summer 1999 which went via Glasgow Prestwick instead |
| 06 May New route: Spanair to Las Palmas Summer seasonal |
| 24 May New airline: Air VIA to Varna Summer seasonal |
| May New routes: Airtours International Airways to Faro, Ibiza, Izmir, Málaga, Palma, Rhodes and Tenerife South Their second stint on Faro and Ibiza |
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19 Jun New route: Britannia Airways to Orlando Sanford Summer seasonal fortnightly service |
| 28 Jul New route: Air Malta to Malta Air Malta return to the Malta route two years after previously axing it for a new short series |
| 11 Aug Route ceased: Air Malta to Malta Short series ends |
| 06 Sep Route ceased: Air VIA to Varna Only ran for one season |
| 19 Sep Route ceased: Britannia Airways to Orlando Sanford Axed after just one season |
| 27 Sep Route change: Air UK (Jersey) > KLM uk KLM uk operate the following summers Jersey flight following their takeover of Air UK later in 1997 |
| 29 Sep New operators: Capital Air Charter and Centreline Air Charter to Bristol Filton A long running ad-hoc charter on behalf of Orange Telecommunications shared by both operators |
| 30 Sep Route ceased: Sunways to Izmir Axed after three seasons |
| 27 Oct Route ceased: Spanair to Las Palmas Lasted just one season |
| 30 Oct Route ceased: Air Europa to Palma Summer seasonal route to Palma axed after four seasons |
| Oct Route ceased: Airtours International Airways to Izmir Axed after just one season |
| 03 Nov New routes: Air Europa to Las Palmas and new airline: Ryanair to Dublin New winter only service to Gran Canaria and year round to Dublin, with the latter choosing us over Newcastle for their north east link which subsequently became one of the best route launches in the carriers network |
| 07 Nov New route: Futura International Airways to Palma Their second attempt at a seasonal Palma service, the first during winter |
| 21 Nov Route change: Air UK (Aberdeen) > Gill Airways and Humberside cancelled Air UK axed Aberdeen (via Newcastle) due to the retirement of the F-27 Friendship, with replacement aircraft having excess capacity. Air UK note the route is profitable but better suited to a regional carrier using smaller equipment, Gill Airways ultimately stepped forward for their second stint on the route, making it direct. The Humberside route was axed completely |
| 1998 |
|
Jan Route change: Air UK (Amsterdam) > KLM uk Air UK are taken over by KLM who inherit the route and make it direct (previously via Norwich) |
| 24 Apr Route ceased: Futura International Airways to Palma Axed after just one season |
| 27 Apr Route suspended: Air Europa to Las Palmas Route does not resume for winter 98/99 but does return for 99/00 |
| 01 May New route: Spanair to Palma Summer seasonal, their second stint on the route |
| 02 May New routes: Britannia Airways to Gerona and Futura International Airways to Palma Summer seasonal |
| 05 May New airline: Onur Air to Milas-Bodrum Summer seasonal |
| May New routes: Airtours International Airways to Las Palmas and Milas-Bodrum Summer seasonal route to Gran Canaria and Bodrum |
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05 Jun New airline: TNT Express to Liège Our first and only cargo route |
| 24 Jul Hotel opens The Stanwick House Airport Hotel is opened by the Leader of the Opposition Party, Mr William Hague and the Mayor of Stock-on-Tees Cllr Ann McCoy. It would later be renamed The Spa followed by Durham Tees Hotel. |
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27 Jul Operator leaves: Sprayavia After eight years in Hangar 2, Sprayavia move out, with the final aircraft being British Aerospace 146-200QT "EC-ELT" having received TNT Airways new colours, it is the 115th aircraft to receive paint here, with the very first one also being Spanish registered |
| Aug St George Hotel The St. George Hotel changes ownership from Thisle Hotels to Pamco (UK) and managed by Peel Hotels (unrelated to the Peel that would later become involved!). |
| 23 Oct Route ceased: Airtours International Airways to Puerto Plata Axed after two seasons |
| 31 Oct Route ceased: Britannia Airways to Gerona Axed after just one season |
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Oct Work begins on improving and enlarging the main apron to allow for widebody aircraft as well as 'nose-in/push-back' parking |
| 02 Nov New route: Futura International Airways to Las Palmas Winter seasonal |
| 05 Nov New route: Futura International Airways to Lanzarote Winter seasonal |
| 06 Nov New route: Airtours International Airways to Palma Airtours add a winter service to their existing summer service for an all year round operation |
| Dec Route change: Capital Air Charter and Centreline Air Charter to Bristol Filton Centreline withdraw from the route and it continues exclusively under Capital Air Charter |
| 1999 |
| 28 Mar New route: Gill Airways to Belfast Intl Their second stint on a Belfast route, but first into Aldergrove and via Newcastle this time |
| 26 Apr Route ceased: Futura International Airways to Las Palmas Lasted just one season |
| 01 May New routes: Air Europa to Gerona and Palma Summer only services, fourth time on Palma |
| 02 May New route: Spanair to Tenerife South Summer seasonal, making a year round service when combined with their established winter service |
| 04 May New route: Air France (Gill Airways) to Paris CDG via Humberside Initially reported as via Humberside, suspect it was going direct by the time it was axed in March 2000? |
| 05 May New route: Onur Air to Dalaman Summer seasonal |
| 06 May New route: Air Europa to Lanzarote A second summer only service for 1999 |
| 07 May New route: Air Europa to Ibiza A third summer only service for 1999 |
| May Route ceased: Air Kilroe to Manchester After a healthy ten year run the service is axed after the decline of I.C.I. causes loads to fall. A Gill Airways flight number was being used towards the end |
| May Route change: British Midland Commuter to Jersey Their second stint on the summer seasonal route as extra to the established mainline service |
| 16 Jun New route: Airtours International Airways to Fuerteventura Summer seasonal |
| 27 Jun New route: British Midland Airways to Palma Their fifth time on the route, and I stand to be corrected but I believe the A321 made it's Teesside debut on this route |
| 29 Jun New route: British Midland Airways to Alicante Their second stint on the summer seasonal route |
| 26 Oct Route ceased: British Midland Airways to Alicante Last just one season |
| 28 Oct Route ceased: Air Europa to Lanzarote Lasted only one season, although they would pick it up again as a winter route in 2002 |
| 29 Oct Route ceased: Air Europa to Ibiza Lasted only one season, although they would pick it up again in 2008 |
| 30 Oct Routes ceased: Air Europa to Gerona and Palma Also lasted only one season |
| Oct Route ceased: Airtours International Airways to Fuerteventura and Las Palmas Fuerteventura axed after just one season, Las Palmas managed two |
| Oct Route change: British Midland Commuter to Jersey Once again returned exclusively to the mainline division |
| 01 Nov Route resumes: Air Europa to Las Palmas After skipping the previous winter season, Air Europa return on a Gran Canaria run this time as a year-round service |
| 07 Nov New route: Air Europa to Tenerife South Air Europa jump on a Tenerife route for the third time, their first year round service |
| Nov The St George Hotel changes ownership again, this time to Hartlepool-based WHSN Group who invest £250,000 in upgrades |
| 2000 |
| 08 Jan Route ceased: Gill Airways to Belfast Intl The withdrawal of the Short SD-360 aircraft is cited as the reason |
| 09 Jan New route: Gill Airways to Norwich |
| 01 Feb British Midland Airways rebrand as bmi British Midland The meaning of the "i" was never revealed, though most took it to mean "International". Later, they would drop the "British Midland" entirely to just bmi, before briefly re-adding it shortly before their demise |
| 25 Mar Route ceased: Air France (Gill Airways) to Paris CDG Gill Airways entered administration |
| 05 Apr New route: Futura International Airways to Fuerteventura A year round service |
| 02 May New airline: Eastern Airways to Cardiff and Glasgow Prestwick Crew ferries for the Airtours base - their first passenger service would begin later in the year |
| 03 May New route: Futura International Airways to Reus Summer seasonal |
| 04 May New airline: Platinum Air to London Luton Ad-hoc weekly charter for Britannia Airways (crew ferry) |
| 05 May New routes: Britannia Airways to Ibiza and Spanair to Mahon Summer seasonal, Britannia's second stint on Ibiza |
| 06 May New route: Britannia Airways to Gerona and new airline: Iberworld Airlines to Palma Summer seasonal |
| May New routes: Airtours International Airways to Lanzarote and Larnaca Summer seasonal route to Lanzarote (Arrecife) and a second stint on Larnaca |
| 04 Jun New airline: Nouvelair Tunisie to Monastir Summer seasonal |
| 07 Aug New route: Air Malta to Malta A third stint on the summer seasonal Malta route |
| 11 Oct Route ceased: Onur Air to Milas-Bodrum Axed after three seasons |
| 14 Oct Route ceased: Britannia Airways to Gerona Axed after just one season |
| 25 Oct Route ceased: Futura International Airways to Reus Axed after just one season |
| 26 Oct Route ceased: Platinum Air to London Luton Contract fulfilled |
| 28 Oct Route ceased: British Midland Airways to Palma Axed after two seasons |
| 28 Oct Route change: British Midland Airways (Jersey) > bmi Airline rebrand, bmi would pick up the route for the following season |
| 29 Oct Route ceased: Nouvelair Tunisie to Monastir Axed after just one season |
| 31 Oct Routes ceased: Eastern Airways to Cardiff and Glasgow Prestwick Contract fulfilled |
| Oct Route ceased: Airtours International Airways to Orlando Sanford Orlando axed after four seasons |
| 03 Nov New route: Futura International Airways to Tenerife South Winter seasonal |
| 12 Nov Route ceased: Gill Airways to Norwich Gill entered administration |
| 20 Nov Route change: Gill Airways (Aberdeen) > Eastern Airways and new route: Royal Mail to London Gatwick (Channel Express) Eastern takeover Aberdeen from Gill who have entered administration, and the Royal Mail begin an ad-hoc charter to London Gatwick, officially using Channel Express but they sub-contract to other operators |
| 28 Dec Route ceased: Royal Mail (Channel Express) to London Gatwick Contract fulfilled |
| Route change: TNT Express (Liège)
> TNT Airways (Liège via Hannover) Airline rebrands, with aircraft moving from the British to the Belgian register and a Hannover stop added |
| 2001 |
| 16 Jan New route: Eastern Airways to Scatsa via Edinburgh Ad-hoc charter |
| 01 Feb Route change: British Midland Airways (London Heathrow) > bmi Airline rebrand |
| 25 Apr Route change: Eastern Airways (Scatsa via Edinburgh) > British World Airlines (Edinburgh) British World takeover the weekly ad-hoc charter |
| 27 Apr Route ceased: Futura International Airways to Tenerife South Axed after just one season |
| 29 Apr Route ceased: Air Europa to Tenerife South Year round service axed after 17 months |
| 03 May New routes: Iberworld Airlines to Lanzarote and new airline: SATA Internacional to Faro Summer seasonal |
| 04 May New route: Iberworld Airlines to Tenerife South and new airline: JMC Airlines to Mahon Summer seasonal |
| 05 May New routes: JMC Airlines to Alicante and Spanair to Málaga and Reus Summer seasonal |
| May New route: Airtours International Airways to Monastir Summer seasonal |
| May New airline: FlyKeen Airways to Cardiff Weekly ad-hoc crew ferry for JMC Airlines |
| May Route change: bmi regional to Jersey bmi regional join their parent company on the Jersey route |
| 29 Jun New airline: Highland Airways to Glasgow Crew ferry for the Airtours base |
| 11 Oct Route change: British World Airlines (Edinburgh) > Glasgow Intl The weekly ad-hoc charter moved from Edinburgh to Glasgow |
| 17 Oct Route ceased: Onur Air to Dalaman Axed after three seasons |
| 19 Oct Route ceased: Spanair to Mahon Axed after two seasons |
| 26 Oct Routes ceased: Highland Airways to Glasgow, Futura International Airways to Palma and Spanair to Tenerife South Glasgow contract ended, Palma axed after four seasons and Tenerife after two although their winter service continued on |
| 27 Oct Routes ceased: JMC Airlines to Alicante and Spanair to Málaga and Reus Lasted just one season each |
| 29 Oct Route ceased: Air Europa to Las Palmas Route axed after four consecutive seasons / five total |
| Oct Route ceased: FlyKeen Airways to Cardiff Contract fulfilled |
| Oct Routes change: Airtours International Airways (Faro, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Mahon, Málaga, Milas-Bodrum, Monastir, Reus, Rhodes and Tenerife South) > MyTravel Airways Airtours rebrands as MyTravel Airways who operate the following summer services |
| Oct Route change: bmi regional to Jersey Service returns exclusively to the mainline division |
| 01 Nov New routes: Royal Mail to Bristol (Emerald Airways) and London Stansted (BAC Express Airlines) Temporary relocation from Newcastle due to runway works at that airport |
| 02 Nov New routes: Royal Mail to Glasgow Intl and London Stanted (Loganair) and Liverpool (Emerald Airways) As above |
| 04 Nov New route: Britannia Airways to Tenerife South Winter seasonal |
| 08 Nov Route ceased: British World Airlines to Glasgow Intl The ad-hoc charter contract came to an end |
| 20 Dec Routes ceased: Royal Mail to Bristol (Emerald Airways) and London Stansted (BAC Express Airlines) Newcastle runway works complete |
| 21 Dec Routes ceased: Royal Mail to Glasgow Intl and London Stanted (Loganair) and Liverpool (Emerald Airways) As above |
| 24 Dec New route: Iberworld Airlines to Las Palmas Winter seasonal |
| 2002 |
| 22 Mar New route: Air Europa to Palma A fifth attempt at a Palma service, this time year-round |
| 24 Apr Route ceased: Futura International Airways to Fuerteventura Axed after two years |
| 25 Apr Route ceased: Futura International Airways to Lanzarote Axed after four seasons |
| 26 Apr Route ceased: Airtours International Airways to Palma Axed after four seasons |
| 27 Apr Route change: Airtours International Airways (Alicante) > MyTravel Airways Airtours rebrands as MyTravel Airways and the year round Alicante route is their last Teesside service to transfer |
| 28 Apr Route ceased: Britannia Airways to Tenerife South Axed after just one season |
| 06 May New route: Monarch Airlines to Las Palmas Summer seasonal |
| 25 May New airline: British Airways Citiexpress to Jersey Summer seasonal |
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19 Jun Local authority shareholders look for a 'strategic partner' - effectively putting the airport up for sale |
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Jun The Great North Air Ambulance is formed and becomes based at the airport |
| 14 Sep Route ceased: British Airways Citiexpress to Jersey Lasted just one season |
| 04 Oct Route change: JMC Airlines (Mahon) > Thomas Cook Airlines The airline would rebrand during the winter with Thomas Cook Airlines operating the route in 2003 |
| 27 Oct Route change: KLM uk (Amsterdam) > KLM Cityhopper |
| 28 Oct Route ceased: Monarch Airlines to Las Palmas Lasted just one season |
| Oct Routes ceased: MyTravel Airways to Milas-Bodrum and Monastir |
| Oct Route change: bmi (Jersey) > bmi regional Having flown the route since 1970, bmi transfer their summer seasonal Jersey service exclusively to their regional subsidiary |
| 01 Nov New route: Air Europa to Tenerife South The final Tenerife service from Air Europa and will be the longest running (winter only) |
| 07 Nov New route: Air Europa to Lanzarote Their second stint to Lanzarote though first as a winter service |
| 2003 |
| 21 Feb Route change: Air 2000 (Lyon) > First Choice Airways (Grenoble) The final Air 2000 winter ski charter to Lyon operates, by the following winter Air 2000 had become First Choice Airways who moved the service to Grenoble |
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24 Feb Second visit of an Antonov An-124 |
| 27 Mar Route ceased: Capital Air Charter to Bristol Filton The weekly ad-hoc charter, running since 1997, comes to an end |
| 04 Apr New airline: LTE International Airways to Palma Summer seasonal |
|
Apr The airport is privatised as Peel Holdings Plc subsidiary Peel Airports Ltd purchases a 75% stake in the airport and will invest £20m over five years. |
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Apr bmibaby to open a base at Teesside Three routes to Belfast International, Geneva and Málaga to begin in October using East Midlands based aircraft followed by a Teesside base in March 2004 |
| 05 May New airline: Pegasus Airlines to Dalaman and new route: Spanair to Las Palmas Summer seasonal, Spanair's second stint on the route |
| 07 May New route: Britannia Airways to Paphos Summer seasonal |
| May Route change: bmi regional to Jersey bmi regional takeover the Jersey route from bmi |
| 02 Jun New airline: BH Air to Bourgas Summer seasonal |
| 25 Jun Route change: Britannia Airways (Paphos) > Eurocypria Airlines |
| 25 Oct Route change: bmi regional (Jersey) > bmibaby Jersey would be included in the bmibaby base for the following summer |
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26 Oct New airline: bmibaby to Belfast Intl The first service from bmibaby ahead of the opening of a base the following Spring |
| 30 Oct Route ceased: SATA Internacional to Faro Axed after three seasons |
| 31 Oct Route change: LTE International Airways (Palma) > Volar Airlines LTE rebrand during the winter, with Volar operating the following summer service |
| Oct Route ceased: MyTravel Airways to Málaga, Palma and Rhodes The three summer seasonal services never made the switch to Spanair |
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Oct Routes change: MyTravel Airways (Alicante, Faro, Ibiza, Mahon, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Reus and Tenerife South) > Spanair Spanair would base an MD-83 for summer 2004 on behalf of MyTravel |
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21 Nov US Presidential visit US President George W Bush visits UK Prime Minister at his Sedgefield constituency resulting in a wealth of US and UK military visitors including Air Force One and Two |
| 20 Dec New route: bmibaby to Geneva Winter seasonal ski flight |
| Dec New route: bmibaby to Málaga Winter only service |
| 2004 |
| 30 Jan Route suspended: First Choice Airways to Grenoble They would skip 2005 and pick back up for 2006 |
| 28 Mar New route: bmibaby to Prague Year-round service |
| 26 Apr Route ceased: Iberworld Airlines to Las Palmas Axed after three seasons |
| 29 Apr Route ceased: Air Europa to Lanzarote Lasted two seasons |
| 30 Apr Routes ceased: Air Europa to Palma and Spanair to Tenerife South Year round Palma service axed and winter Tenerife lasted a healthy eight seasons |
| 30 Apr New routes: bmibaby to Alicante and Palma Year round services |
| Apr Route suspended: bmibaby to Málaga |
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Apr Airports 40th anniversary as a commercial airport |
| 03 May New route: Onur Air to Dalaman Summer seasonal |
| 15 May New airline: Air Southwest to Jersey When bmi handed their long standing summer Jersey charter to bmibaby, the tour operator behind it decided to pursue their own flight, and Air Southwest was the result |
| 24 May New route: Pegasus Airlines to Milas-Bodrum Summer seasonal |
| 31 May Route change: Onur Air (Dalaman) > Pegasus Airlines Pegasus takeover the Dalaman route from Onur Air |
| May New route: bmibaby to Nice Summer seasonal |
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May New operator: Midwest Executive Aviation |
| Runway 01/19 is believed to have closed around this time, with the northern section remaining open for a few more years as taxiway "Juliet" before also closing |
| 30 Aug Route ceased: Air Malta to Malta Malta route ends after four seasons, the latter of which does not do well and goes via a mix of other airports including Belfast Intl, Humberside and Inverness |
| 18 Sep Route ceased: Air Southwest to Jersey Axed after just one season |
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21 Sep At the request of low cost airline bmibaby, Teesside International Airport became Durham Tees Valley Airport. A resident Spanair McDonnell Douglas MD-83, believed to be EC-GOM, was the last airliner - if not the last aircraft of any type - to depart from Teesside International Airport at 1116, and being the first to land back at Durham Tees Valley at 1226 as JKK3011. |
| 01 Oct Route ceased: Thomas Cook Airlines to Mahon Axed after four seasons (two as JMC Airlines) |
| 04 Oct Route ceased: Pegasus Airlines to Milas-Bodrum Axed after just one season |
| 27 Oct Route ceased: Eurocypria Airlines to Paphos Lasted two seasons |
| 29 Oct Routes ceased: Iberworld Airlines to Tenerife South and Volar Airlines to Palma Tenerife axed after four seasons, Palma after two |
| Oct Routes ceased: bmibaby to Nice and Spanair to Faro, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Mahon, Reus and Tenerife South Confirmation needed for bmibaby - likely to have run during summer 2005 if not 2006 as well? |
| Oct Route resumed: bmibaby to Málaga This time as a year-round service |
| 2005 |
| 08 Jan New route: Britannia Airways to Lyon Their second spell on the seasonal ski charter |
| 28 Jan New route: Ryanair to Rome Ciampino Year-round |
| Jan Noted in January 2005 was the recent purchase by the airport of the St. George Hotel Tarenville Hotels were appointed to manage the facility on the airports behalf |
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Jan Major £56m expansion plans announced, allowing the airport to handle up to 3m passengers per year. |
| 05 Feb Route ceased: Britannia Airways to Lyon Axed after just one season |
| 27 Mar New airline: Air Wales to Cork Operating the Sunday rotation of bmibaby's four times weekly Cork service with an ATR 42, unknown when they stopped, presumably before 2006? |
| Mar Route ceased: bmibaby to Prague |
| Mar New route: bmibaby to Cork Initially 4x weekly with Air Wales operating the Sunday rotation |
| 30 Apr Route ceased: MyTravel Airways to Alicante The winter seasonal service had been running since November 1994, originally with Airtours |
| Apr Route ceased: bmibaby to Geneva Axed after two seasons |
| Apr Sky Express bus service launched, connecting the airport with Darlington Rail Station. |
| 02 May New route: Eirjet to Reus Summer seasonal |
| 03 May New route: bmibaby to Paris CDG Year-round service |
| 04 May New airline: Helios Airways to Larnaca Summer seasonal |
| 06 May New route: Girjet to Mahon Summer seasonal |
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May New routes: Britannia Airways to Corfu, Dalaman, Faro, Gerona, Las Palmas, Mahon, Málaga, Monastir, Paphos and Tenerife South Their third attempt at Corfu and Gerona as part of a summer based aircraft programme |
| 08 Jun Route ceased: bmibaby to Belfast Intl |
| 09 Jun New access road opened The Duke of York (arriving in H25A G-JJSI) opens "St George Way" |
| 10 Jun New route: bmibaby to Newquay Summer seasonal, one of two 'dark horses' for bmibaby, the other being Cork |
| 18 Jul New route: Eirjet to Milas-Bodrum Summer seasonal |
| 09 Sep Route change: Girjet (Mahon) > Futura International Airways Futura tookover for the final few weeks of the season |
| 26 Sep Route ceased: Eirjet to Reus Lasted just one season |
| 30 Sep Route ceased: Futura International Airways to Mahon |
| 24 Oct New route: Eastern Airways to Bristol Their first expansion at DTVA |
| 26 Oct Route change: Helios Airways (Larnaca) > AJet Aviation Helios rebrand following a crash, with the following season operated under the new banner of AJet |
| 30 Oct New route: bmibaby to London Gatwick |
| 31 Oct Route ceased: Britannia Airways to Ibiza and Eirjet to Milas-Bodrum Ibiza axed after five seasons, Milas-Bodrum after just one |
| Oct Routes ceased: Britannia Airways to Faro, Gerona and Las Palmas All after just one season |
| Oct Routes change: Britannia Airways (Alicante, Corfu, Dalaman, Mahon, Málaga, Monastir, Palma, Paphos and Tenerife South) > Thomsonfly Airline rebrand |
| 18 Dec Route change: Ryanair to Dublin The route is upgraded to an -800 series 737 following retirement of the -200A |
| 2006 |
| 08 Jan Route resumes: First Choice Airways to Grenoble Winter seasonal ski charter |
| 29 Jan Route ceased: First Choice Airways to Grenoble |
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Jan Work begins on the new terminal front. Costing £1.3m, the project marks the completion of Peel Airports initial £7.5m investment which has included a new access road and expanded/improved car park facilities |
| 21 Feb Route ceased: Ryanair to Rome Ciampino Ryanair felt they could achieve better yields by moving the service to Shannon, causing much bewilderment as loads were very healthy, the Shannon service proved to be short-lived |
| Mar New route: bmibaby to Ireland West Knock |
| Apr Route ceased: Eastern Airways to Bristol |
| 06 May New route: Thomsonfly to Reus Summer seasonal |
| 26 May New route: Thomsonfly to Bourgas Summer seasonal |
| May New airline: MapJet / Flightline to Reus and new routes: Onur Air to Dalaman and Milas-Bodrum and Thomsonfly to Ibiza All summer seasonal, Reus operated by Flightline for MapJet and Onur Air's third attempt at Dalaman and second at Bodrum |
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May Middlesbrough FC take part in UEFA Cup final A large number of chartered aircraft operate out of the airport including 3x 747s |
| Aug Route ceased: bmibaby to Ireland West Knock By far the poorest performing service in the bmibaby DTV network |
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14 Sep bmibaby announce they are to close their DTVA base They had only recently introduced a second resident aircraft. The airport would go on to successfully sue them for £12m for breach of contract |
| 18 Sep Route ceased: MapJet / Flightline to Reus Axed after just one season |
| 27 Sep Route ceased: Thomsonfly to Monastir |
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06 Oct FlyGlobespan announce they are replacing bmibaby with a two aircraft base. |
| 16 Oct Route ceased: Pegasus Airlines to Dalaman Axed after four seasons |
| 25 Oct Route change: AJet Aviation (Larnaca) to XL Airways Service suspended for winter but AJet cease trading in the interim and XL Airways pick it up the following summer |
| 27 Oct Routes ceased: bmibaby to London Gatwick and Paris CDG |
| 28 Oct Routes ceased: bmibaby to Jersey and Newquay |
| 30 Oct New route: Eastern Airways to Brussels |
| 04 Nov Routes ceased: bmibaby to Málaga and Palma |
| 05 Nov Route ceased: bmibaby to Alicante The final service following closure of the base |
| 07 Nov New airline: FlyGlobespan to Tenerife South Announced as a stand alone winter seasonal route prior to the base |
| 2007 |
| 13 Feb New route: Ryanair to Gerona Year-round service to Gerona, with Newcastle gaining a 4x weekly service as well and it is often said they were supposed to get it daily but we poached three rotations from them |
| 27 Mar Route suspended: FlyGlobespan to Tenerife South |
| 31 Mar New routes: FlyGlobespan to Málaga and Palma Year-round service |
| 01 Apr New route: FlyGlobespan to Alicante and Faro Alicante is year-round whilst Faro is summer seasonal |
| 07 May New route: bmi to Reus Summer seasonal charter |
| 25 May New route: FlyGlobespan to Ibiza Summer seasonal |
| 30 Jun New routes: FlyGlobespan to Jersey and Mahon Summer seasonal |
| 04 Jul New route: FlyGlobespan to Nice Summer seasonal |
| 05 Jul New route: FlyGlobespan to Pula Considered to be the wildcat route from Globespan |
| 13 Jul New route: Wizz Air to Warsaw Year-round |
| 02 Sep Route ceased: FlyGlobespan to Nice |
| 12 Sep Route ceased: Eastern Airways to Brussels |
| 21 Sep Route ceased: Spanair to Ibiza Axed after four seasons |
| 24 Sep Route ceased: bmi to Reus Axed after just one season |
| 27 Sep Route ceased: FlyGlobespan to Pula |
| 29 Sep Route ceased: Iberworld Airlines to Palma Axed after seven seasons |
| 05 Oct Route ceased: Thomsonfly to Dalaman Base closure |
| 20 Oct Route ceased: FlyGlobespan to Mahon |
| 26 Oct Route ceased: Thomsonfly to Corfu Base closure |
| 27 Oct Routes ceased: Spanair to Alicante and Palma Alicante axed after four seasons, Palma after an impressive ten |
| 28 Oct Route ceased: Thomsonfly to Málaga Base closure |
| 29 Oct Routes ceased: FlyGlobespan to Ibiza and Thomsonfly to Bourgas and Ibiza Thomsonfly base closure |
| 31 Oct Routes ceased: Thomsonfly to Paphos and Tenerife South and XL Airways to Larnaca Thomsonfly base closure, and Larnaca axed after three seasons (one with Helios, one with AJet and one with XL) |
| 02 Nov Route resumes: FlyGlobespan to Tenerife South Resumes as a year-round service rather than just winter only |
| 04 Nov New route: FlyGlobespan to Lanzarote Winter seasonal |
| 2008 |
| 30 Mar Route ceased: FlyGlobespan to Lanzarote Axed after just one season |
| Mar New route: Ryanair to Alicante |
| 25 Apr Route ceased: Air Europa to Tenerife South Axed after an impressive six seasons |
| 03 May New routes: Air Europa to Ibiza and Palma and Futura International Airways to Palma Summer only, Air Europa's second stint on Ibiza following summer 1999 and sixth on Palma, Futura's fourth and final stint on Palma |
| 05 May New route: Thomas Cook Airlines to Reus Summer seasonal |
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19 May Route ceased: TNT Airways to Liège via Hannover Axed after 11 years |
| 23 May New route: Iberworld Airlines to Ibiza Summer seasonal |
| 20 Jun New airline: SAS Scandinavian Airlines to Oslo An ad-hoc charter thought to be related to an Orchestra |
| 07 Sep New route: Eastern Airways to Haugesund A corporate charter not available to the public |
| 13 Sep Route ceased: Wizz Air to Warsaw Widely considered to have been poached by Doncaster Sheffield but Wizz were operating into there already, there was no incentive or benefit to them moving the service |
| 26 Sep Route ceased: Iberworld Airlines to Ibiza Just one season |
| 27 Sep Routes ceased: Air Europa to Ibiza, FlyGlobespan to Jersey and Thomsonfly to Reus Ibiza not renewed for a second season, Jersey and Reus axed after two |
| 28 Sep Route ceased: Futura International Airways to Palma Axed after just one season |
| Sep Route ceased: Wizz Air to Warsaw Believed poached by Doncaster Sheffield Airport (confirmation needed - my research suggests they operated to DSA before us) |
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20 Oct FlyGlobespan announce their withdrawal from DTVA to focus on their home Scottish market |
| 25 Oct Route ceased: Air Europa to Palma Axed after just one season |
| 25 Oct Route change: bmi (London Heathrow) > bmi regional and route ceased: Thomsonfly to Mahon The beginning of the end for the Heathrow route as it moves from mainline to regional |
| 28 Oct Route change: Thomsonfly (Alicante) > Thomson Airways Airline rebrand |
| 30 Oct Route change: Thomsonfly (Palma) > Thomson Airways and routes ceased: FlyGlobespan to Palma and Iberworld Airlines to Lanzarote Thomsonfly rebrand and FlyGlobespan Palma axed after two seasons, Lanzarote after seven |
| 02 Nov Route ceased: FlyGlobespan to Faro Axed after two seasons |
| 08 Dec The third visit of an An-124 The aircraft brought in four Lynx helicopters for the Army Air Corps |
| 13 Dec Route ceased: Eastern Airways to Haugesund Contract fulfilled |
| 2009 |
| 06 Jan New routes: Royal Mail to Bristol (Atlantic Airlines), East Midlands and London Stansted (Jet2.com) Temporary relocation from Newcastle due to runway works at that airport |
| 09 Jan Route ceased: FlyGlobespan to Tenerife South |
| 10 Jan Route ceased: FlyGlobespan to Málaga |
| 11 Jan Route ceased: FlyGlobespan to Alicante |
| 28 Feb Route ceased: Royal Mail to Bristol (Atlantic Airlines), East Midlands and London Stansted (Jet2.com) Runway works at Newcastle complete |
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28 Mar Route ceased: bmi regional to London Heathrow Marking the end of a near-40 year service |
| 31 Mar New route: Ryanair to Alicante Summer seasonal |
| 23 May New route: bmi to Palma Summer seasonal charter |
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29 Jun Route ceased: Ryanair to Dublin Axed after almost 12 years, Ryanair cite Ireland's introduction of a distance-based tourism tax as the reason, though it is also felt that the route also struggled with the capacity jump when the -800 series 737 was introduced |
| 21 Sep Route ceased: Thomas Cook Airlines to Reus Axed after two seasons |
| 24 Oct Route ceased: Ryanair to Gerona |
| 31 Oct Route ceased: bmi to Palma Operated for just a single summer |
| 02 Nov New route: Eastern Airways to Southampton Of all their 'original' expansions from here, Southampton enjoyed the most success |
| 2010 |
| 28 Mar New airline: Aer Lingus Regional A new route to Dublin operated by Aer Arann |
| 24 May Work begins to resurface the Cobham apron (stands 10/11) and the Hangar 3 West apron. During the works the portion of the Alpha taxiway directly in front of the ATC tower / fire station was made narrower, preventing airliners from taking this route to runway 23. |
| 29 May New route: Flybe to Jersey Summer seasonal |
| 01 Jul Route ceased: SAS Scandinavian Airlines to Oslo The two week long ad-hoc charter finishes after three years running, during the last year Bergen is included as well as Oslo |
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02 Jul Canadian airport operator Vancouver Airport Services (later Vantage Airport Group) purchase a 65% stake in Peel Airports Ltd, and therefore 65% of Peel's 75% of DTVA! I think that works out as a controlling share but either way Peel step back and give VAS a 'free hand' to run DTVA |
| 27 Sep Route ceased: Onur Air to Milas-Bodrum Believed to be due to the collapse of tour operator Goldtrail Holidays |
| Oct New route: Thomson Airways to Sharm el-Sheikh |
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19 Oct A controversial £6 "Passenger Facility Fee" is introduced, to cut annual losses and help fund future airport developments. |
| 27 Oct Route ceased: BH Air to Bourgas Axed after eight seasons, intermittently via other airports |
| 29 Oct Route ceased: Aer Lingus Regional (Aer Arann) to Dublin Officially only suspended for winter, but ultimately never reinstated |
| 30 Oct Route ceased: Ryanair to Alicante Ryanair cite the introduction of the Passenger Facility Fee as the reason for axing the route |
| Route ceased: Aer Lingus Regional (Aer Arann) to Dublin |
| 2011 |
| Onur Air cease operating
to Bodrum and Dalaman Start date required; reason for ending = tour operator liquidation |
| Apr Route ceased: Thomson Airways to Sharm el-Sheikh May have been end of season suspension - confirmation needed |
| 02 Sep Route ceased: Eastern Airways to Southampton |
| 17 Sep Route ceased: Onur Air to Dalaman The tour operator Holidays 4U ceased trading |
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09 Dec Peel inform the local councils that they must pay £4.3m in order to maintain their 25% shareholding, sparking criticism The local authority shareholding was subsequently diluted to 11%, however, press articles from the original 2003 takeover show that this was always the plan |
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14 Dec Vancouver Airport Services place DTVA up for sale |
| 2012 |
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10 Feb Peel Holdings Plc purchase DTVA back from Vancouver Airport Services through a new subsidiary - Peel Investments (DTVA) Ltd The new company was founded around the same time as the sale announcement, suggesting the move was pre-emptive |
| 05 May New route: Air Europa to Palma The start of Air Europa's final stint (to date) on a summer seasonal Palma service |
| 27 Oct Route ceased: Air Europa to Palma The last (to date) of Air Europa's seven stints on a Palma route and marking the end of a 22-year relationship between airline and airport |
| 2013 |
| 19 Mar New route: Eastern Airways to Hamburg Twice weekly ad-hoc charter |
| 26 Sep Route ceased: Eastern Airways to Hamburg Contract fulfilled |
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29 Oct Following Thomson axing the last of three winter routes, and the leisure market at the time showing no prospects for further growth, the airport decides to move away from unprofitable charter flying. Thus summer seasonal Thomson services to Ibiza and Palma, Majorca and a one month trial route by Balkan Holidays to Bourgas, Bulgaria were axed. |
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14 Nov DTVA release an elaborate masterplan, titled "Masterplan to 2020 and Beyond", it covered the period up to 2020 but also influenced developments up to 2050. The cornerstone of the plan was a housing estate within the vicinity of the terminal building which would have included up to 350 houses. |
| 2014 |
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Apr Airports 50th anniversary as a commercial airport |
| 2017 |
| 15 Oct New route: Loganair to Aberdeen |
| 16 Oct New route: Loganair to Norwich |
| 29 Oct Route change: Eastern Airways (Aberdeen) > Flybe (Eastern Airways) Eastern Airways become a Flybe franchise partner |
| 2018 |
| 05 Jan Route ceased: Loganair to Norwich Poor loads, but Swissport reported a surge in passengers after the cessation announcement suggesting poor awareness |
| 16 Mar Route ceased: Loganair to Aberdeen Loganair resolve their dispute with Flybe and agree to withdraw from each others core markets |
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04 Dec After a lengthy campaign, the Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen announces he has agreed terms with Peel Airports Ltd to purchase their 89% stake in Durham Tees Valley Airport. |
| 2019 |
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24 Jan All five TVCA leaders vote in favour of the Mayor's takeover plan, thus marking the beginning of a new era. |
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15 Feb At 11:19pm Peel Airports Ltd sign over their 89% shareholding in the airport to the Tees Valley Combined Authority. |
| 25 May New route: BH Air to Bourgas Their second stint on the route, we become their best selling [once weekly] UK airport |
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25 Jul The airport reverts back to Teesside International Airport. |
| 2020 |
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24 Jan New base: Flybe (Eastern Airways) Eastern Airways announce a new aircraft and line maintenance base and routes to Aberdeen (relaunched), Belfast City, Cardiff, Dublin, Isle of Man, London City and Southampton |
| 10 Feb Route change: Flybe (Eastern Airways) (Newcastle - Cardiff) > Teesside - Cardiff As part of the imminent base, Eastern move their Cardiff service from Newcastle to Teesside |
| 26 Feb Eastern Airways announce another new route to Alicante, however it fails to operate due to COVID. |
| 05 Mar Route change: Flybe (Eastern Airways) (Aberdeen) > Eastern Airways Flybe cease trading and Eastern once again assume full responsibility for the Aberdeen route |
| 09 Mar New routes: Eastern Airways to Belfast City, Dublin and Southampton |
| 20 Mar Routes ceased: Eastern Airways to Cardiff and Dublin Initially suspended due to Coronavirus, but ultimately fail to return |
| 21 Mar Route suspended: KLM Cityhopper to Amsterdam Schiphol Due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) |
| 24 Mar All routes suspended Due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) |
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15 May New operator: Willis Lease Finance Corporation The new company will be involved in engine overhaul and end-of-life recycling services |
| 22 Jun Routes resume: Eastern Airways to Aberdeen and Belfast City Aberdeen operates at a reduced frequency initially |
| 06 Jul New routes: Eastern Airways to London City and Cornwall Airport Newquay The latter initially summer seasonal, then upgraded to year-round with a larger Saab 2000 before finally seeing a peak season only third weekly rotation added |
| 03 Aug Route resumes: KLM Cityhopper to Amsterdam |
| 21 Aug The first aircraft for Willis Asset Management arrives for an initial 60 day storage - Boeing 737-700 LN-RRN. |
| 31 Aug Route ceased: Eastern Airways to London City Initially suspended only due to Coronavirus |
| 31 Aug A third round of terminal refurbishment begins including the installation of new security screening and x-ray machines |
| 05 Sep Route change: Flybe (Jersey) > Eastern Airways Eastern takeover the Summer seasonal Jersey from bankrupt Flybe |
| 14 Sep New route: Eastern Airways to London Heathrow Initially 1x daily with Embraer 170 equipment |
| 29 Sep Draken International purchases Cobham Aviation Services to form Draken Europe |
| 10 Oct Route suspends: KLM Cityhopper to Amsterdam Until February due to weak demand during COVID |
| 04 Nov Route ceased: Eastern Airways to Southampton The route initially suspends due to Coronavirus, but is removed from sale on 16 August 2021 |
| 09 Nov Routes suspend: Eastern Airways to Cornwall Newquay and London Heathrow Due to a second lockdown. Aberdeen and Belfast City continue at a reduced level |
| 02 Dec The third round of terminal refurbishment announced in August is expanded into the biggest overhaul yet |
| 18 Dec Route resumes: Eastern Airways to London Heathrow |
| 2021 |
| 04 Jan Route ceased: Eastern Airways to London Heathrow The service is taken over by Loganair |
| 08 Jan Route ceased: Eastern Airways to Belfast City The service is taken over by Loganair |
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01 Feb New base: Loganair Loganair return to the airport with an Embraer ERJ-145 base, the aircraft is named Spirit of Teesside and they fly initially to Aberdeen. |
| 01 Mar The airports new £3.5m radar system goes live |
| 03 Mar Not directly related to Teesside, but the region is awarded Freeport status as well as Treasury North in the Government's budget announcement, both expected to yield long term benefits for the airport |
| 08 Mar Route change: Eastern Airways (London Heathrow) > Loganair The route resumes post-Covid this time by Loganair |
| 12 Apr Route change: Eastern Airways (Belfast City) > Loganair The route resumes post-Covid this time by Loganair |
| 09 May New route: Loganair to Cornwall Newquay |
| 24 May New route: Loganair to Bristol |
| 31 May Route ceased: Eastern Airways to Cornwall Newquay Axed after a little over one season |
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01 Jun New route: Ryanair to Palma Summer seasonal |
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04 Jun New route: Ryanair to Alicante Summer seasonal |
| 16 Jun New route: Ryanair to Faro Launched as summer seasonal but later upgraded to year-round |
| 26 Jun New route: Loganair to Jersey Summer seasonal |
| 28 Jun Route resumes: KLM Cityhopper to Amsterdam Schiphol |
| 21 Jul New route: Ryanair to Corfu Summer seasonal |
| 27 Jul Ownership change The Tees Valley Mayor announces that Stobart Group (now "Esken") will be returning their 25% shareholding in the airport, and that it will be transferred to a new trust, the Teesside Airport Foundation |
| 05 Sep Route ceased: Eastern Airways to Aberdeen A route operated for over 20 years! They also remove Southampton from sale which had been suspended since 4th November 2020 |
| 18 Sep Route ceased: Loganair to Jersey Loganair end all of their Jersey routes, which were just 'aircraft sitting' until international travel opened up again |
| 25 Sep Accident: AA5 G-BBSA A resident light aircraft suffers engine failure on takeoff, followed by a suspected stall and impact with terrain from a height of 300ft, injuring the three occupants, two of them seriously. We've had many minor incidents over the years, but this is believed to be only the second accident during the civil history of the airport. |
| 29 Oct Route ceased: Loganair to Bristol The route is axed based on its performance during a pandemic, and not given the time needed to grow under normal trading conditions |
| 08 Nov New route: Loganair to Esbjerg via Aberdeen Loganair extend their Aberdeen service to Esbjerg, Denmark |
| During the year the airport celebrates 80 years of continuous operation whilst the International Fire Training Centre celebrates 40 years based on site |
| 2022 |
| 01 Apr New route: Loganair to Southampton Replaces Bristol as a connection from Aberdeen |
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10 May New route: TUI Airways to Palma Summer seasonal - to be sub-contracted to another carrier |
| 27 May New route: Loganair to Dublin 4x weekly |
| 2023 |
| May New route: TUI Airways to Antalya Summer seasonal |