Details of new destinations for the upcoming summer and winter holidays have been announced.

Newcastle International Airport has welcomed brand new airline SunExpress to the North East.

SunExpress has commenced operations to Antalya, with proving to be popular, the airline has added winter flights to its programme.

Earlier this year, the airport also welcomed Emerald Airlines, largest operator out of Belfast City Airport and exclusive operator of the Aer Lingus Regional network.

Passengers will be able to benefit from a new service from Newcastle to Belfast City with fares starting at £38.99* from April 28. Tickets are on sale now at www.aerlingus.com

In other news, TUI will be launching its biggest ever winter programme with the addition of direct flights and holidays to Sal, Cape Verde’s most popular island for visitors and Sharm-el-Sheikh, the popular sun-soaked Egyptian resort.

This will be commencing from November 2023 and TUI expects demand for winter sun to increase following positive bookings, with North African destinations providing great value and guaranteed sun. 

With these two additional weekly flights added for the full winter season, holidaymakers have even more choice from a total of 20 destinations with TUI this winter, and a total of 38 popular holiday destinations across the year from the North East’s largest airport.

Newcastle is also hoping to improve their customer service by a better experience with ramp-handling operations which includes baggage handling.

The move comes as part of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays’ ongoing commitment to always developing the customer experience and its operations, ahead of its biggest ever summer at Newcastle Airport.

The leading leisure airline and UK’s largest tour operator have 36 sun and city destinations for customers and independent travel agents to choose from this summer from Newcastle Airport, including brand new Verona which opens up the famous Lake Garda region. With over 1.2 million seats on sale, the companies will operate up to 125 weekly flights during peak periods from the base.