Teesside International Airport

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Coordinates: 54°30′33″N 001°25′46″W / 54.50917°N 1.42944°W / 54.50917; -1.42944

Teesside International Airport
Teesside International Airport logo.svg
Teesside International Airport 2019 branding.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTees Valley Combined Authority (75%)
Teesside Airport Foundation[1] (25%)
ServesNorth East, North Yorkshire
LocationDarlington, England
Hub forLoganair
Elevation AMSL120 ft / 37 m
Coordinates54°30′33″N 001°25′46″W / 54.50917°N 1.42944°W / 54.50917; -1.42944 (Teesside International Airport)
Websitewww.teessideinternational.com
Map
EGNV is located in County Durham
EGNV
EGNV
Location in County Durham
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,291 7,516 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers38,540
Passenger change 19-20Decrease74.4%
Aircraft Movements12,731
Movements change 19-20Decrease24.0%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[2]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[3]

Teesside International Airport (IATA: MME, ICAO: EGNV), previously Durham Tees Valley Airport, is an international airport located on the River Tees' north side, between Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees, Northern England. It is about 10 mi (16 km) south-west of Middlesbrough. The airport serves the North East and North Yorkshire.

The airport offers connections to seven domestic and five European destinations. The airport has a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Public Use Aerodrome Licence (number P518) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers and for flight instruction. Tees Valley Combined Authority owns three-quarters of the airport and Teesside Airport Foundation owns the other quarter.[4]

Originally Royal Air Force (RAF) station Middleton St George, the aerodrome became Tees-Side Airport in 1964, Teesside International Airport in 1987, and Durham Tees Valley Airport in 2004 before reverting to Teesside International Airport in 2019 following a poll indicating 93% of locals preferred the name, with the reversion occurring on 25 July 2019. 'Teesside Airport' was common on local road signs that were either placed before 2004 or on signs with not much space for the then airport name.

History[]

RAF Middleton St George[]

Main article: RAF Middleton St George

The aerodrome began life in January 1941 as Royal Air Force Station Middleton St. George or RAF Goosepool as known to the locals (though it has never officially held that name). It was the most northerly of all Bomber Command airfields, home to both RAF and Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons during WWII, and exclusively RAF post-war.[5] Bombing missions from the station included those to Berlin, Hanover, Kassel, Mannheim and Munich.[6][7] Of the many military aircraft based at the aerodrome, it is best known as home to the Avro Lancaster during the war and English Electric Lightning afterwards. In 1957, the runway was extended to its current length of 7516 ft (2291m). The RAF station was closed in 1964 and the airfield sold to the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Tees-Side Airport[]

Passengers boarding a British Midland Viscount 813 in 1987
British Midland Douglas DC-9s at the airport in 1994
Control tower

The former RAF Station was then developed into a civil airport. The first civilian flight from the newly named Tees-Side Airport took place on 18 April 1964 with a Mercury Airlines service to Manchester.[5] On 1 November 1966, the international passenger terminal was opened by Princess Margaretha of Sweden.[8]

The IATA code for the new airport was determined as MME, there are multiple theories as to what this relates to, one being Middlesbrough Municipal Airport, an earlier proposed name for the facility.[9]

In the early days the airport developed a network of mainly scheduled routes, with limited inclusive tour charter flights. The destinations were consistent but the airlines were not, with British Midland, BKS Air Transport, Dan-Air, Autair and Channel Airways all coming and going before the turn of the decade. In November 1969 British Midland returned when they were awarded the licence to fly the London Heathrow route, which they continued operating until 28 March 2009.

The 1970s saw a decline in regional services but a growth in holiday flights, courtesy of Northeast Airlines (a rebranded BKS Air Transport) and Britannia Airways, as well as overseas operators such as Aviaco, Spantax and Aviogenex amongst others.

On 19 October 1971 the Teesside Airport railway station opened, with a shuttle bus running between the station and the terminal.

In 1974, the shares were divided between the newly formed Cleveland and Durham County Councils.[10] Also during the year, the CAA declared Tees-Side should be the primary airport for the North East of England.

The 1980s saw scheduled routes catch back up to holiday flights mainly courtesy of home-grown airline Casair Aviation Services, who had started out as an air taxi operator in 1972. In October 1982 Casair merged with Genair of Liverpool and Eastern Airways of Humberside (a predecessor to the airline of the same name still based) under the Genair name, and one month later the first UK regional feeder franchise network was launched when Genair partnered with British Caledonian, trading under the British Caledonian Commuter Services banner. Unfortunately the new venture only lasted until July 1984 when Genair collapsed, causing the loss of 11 out of 18 routes.[11] Luckily the airport valued the services more than owed fees, leading to Casair being reborn and taking over Genair services to Glasgow and Humberside, which they operated on behalf of Air Ecosse and later on their own.

On 11 December 1982 the airport chartered Concorde for the day, it would visit twice more before its retirement, on 23 August 1986 for the air show and 30 April 1995.

Teesside International Airport I[]

In 1987 the airport was privatised, with Cleveland and Durham local authorities retaining their shares. As part of this the airport rebranded from Tees-Side Airport to Teesside International Airport.

1990 saw the one millionth aircraft movement at the airport, in the form of a British Midland service to London Heathrow. In 1996 when Cleveland County Council was abolished, the airport ownership was divided amongst local Borough Councils. Passenger numbers grew steadily from 1993 based upon an expanding holiday charter business.

In 1994 Airtours arrived on the scene and from 1997 based a summer seasonal aircraft at the airport, this coupled with other tour operator expansion propelled the airport to new heights.

In 2002 the airport sought a strategic partner to assist with future development and Peel Airports Ltd was selected as the preferred company, taking a 75% stake in the airport, to be increased to 89% after 10 years, with a commitment to invest £20m over the first five years.

Peel brought Teesside into the low cost era by securing bmibaby who based initially one, later two aircraft at the airport.

Durham Tees Valley Airport[]

On 21 September 2004 the airport was renamed Durham Tees Valley Airport at the request of bmibaby, who felt the new name placed the airport better geographically as many of the airport's passengers, particularly those from outside the UK, were unfamiliar with the location of Teesside, whilst Durham was better known. The move was widely condemned by a local public who felt passionately about the name Teesside.

Shortly afterwards, a new access road, terminal front and terminal interior were completed, but the remainder of a planned £56 million expansion and development programme which would have enabled the airport to handle up to 3 million passengers annually never materialised due to falling passenger numbers after 2006.[12][13][14][15] Other developments included new airfield lighting installed and during 2012, six-figure sums spent revamping the terminal building and renovating one of the World War II-era hangars.

In late summer 2006, bmibaby announced their surprise departure from Durham Tees Valley Airport. Airport bosses were quick to replace them with Flyglobespan who opened an initial two-aircraft base.

Passenger numbers peaked in 2006 when the airport was used by 917,963 passengers. However, since the 2007-2008 financial crisis, numbers declined to 130,911 in 2017 before starting to rise again in 2018.

In 2010, Vancouver Airport Services purchased a controlling 65% stake in Peel Airports Ltd and in December 2011, placed the airport into administration and up for sale.[16] This led to the Peel Group purchasing their 75% share back on 10 February 2012 under a new subsidiary, Peel Investments (DTVA) Ltd.[17]

In November 2010 the airport introduced the passenger facility fee of £6 to curb the airport's losses.[18] Passengers must purchase a ticket from a machine before being allowed to proceed through security.[19] Similar schemes were at the time already in place at other small English airports including Blackpool, Newquay and Norwich.[18] Passenger numbers during 2011 were 15% lower compared to 2010.

On 11 January 2011, Ryanair left the airport after ending their service to Alicante Airport, having previously served Dublin Airport, Girona Airport and Rome Ciampino Airport. They decided to leave the airport before the introduction of the Passenger Facility Fee.[20]

On 30 October 2013, after it became clear the market wasn't going to yield any further charter flights, the airport announced it would no longer accept such flights[21] as part of cost-cutting plans that will see the airport diversify into a business airport. The airport stated it would instead focus on scheduled routes and non-passenger related aviation such as cargo/general aviation. The news was part of a master plan for the airport site, including residential and commercial development, released in November 2013.

In November 2013, Peel Group released a master plan titled "Master Plan to 2020 and Beyond", covering the period up to 2050. This was followed up with a number of consultation events across the region with both the public and business community, the airport then took all feedback into consideration before releasing a final draft in April 2014.[22][23]

Under the master plan, inclusive tour charter flights were axed as unprofitable.[21] The cornerstone of the master plan is a housing estate which will raise up to £30m to be reinvested back into the airport under a 'Section 106' agreement.[24] This resulted in heavy opposition from the local public who misinterpreted the development as being at the expense of the airport, which had long been the subject of a conspiracy theory claiming the facility was deliberately being run down for closure. The houses received outline planning permission on 29 March 2017.[25]

On 18 May 2017, Durham Tees Valley Airport announced significant investment to the airport's terminal facilities. Alongside extensive renovations in the departures area, improved retail services were introduced under the new 'Xpress' brand. The first phase of investment was completed in September 2017, with the second phase starting in Autumn 2017. The airport's Privilege Membership Club also faced improvements for passenger service upgrades.[26]

Later in May 2017, Durham Tees Valley Airport also introduced a new ground handling service called Consort Aviation. Ground handling services are provided for general aviation, cargo and military aircraft.[27]

During November 2017, the airport launched its Flying For The Future campaign to try and build support towards the airport and encourage more people to use the facility.[28]

2018 takeover[]

On 4 December 2018, the Mayor of the Tees Valley Ben Houchen announced a £40 million deal had been agreed to buy Peel Airport's 89% majority shareholding in Durham Tees Valley Airport (made up of £35m for the airport and £5m for land with planning permission for 350 houses) which if approved would bring the airport back into public ownership for the first time since it was sold to Peel in 2003. Purchasing the airport was Houchen's primary election pledge in his campaign in the 2017 Tees Valley mayoral election. The deal would be completed subject to ratification from the leaders of the five local authorities that made up the Tees Valley Combined Authority who were to vote on the deal in January 2019 at a purpose emergency TVCA meeting called by the Mayor. An established airport operator thought to be the Stobart Aviation had been lined up to run the facility.[29][30]

Should the Mayor's plan to buy back the airport be approved by TVCA, Houchen said he planned to give local residents the opportunity to decide whether to change the airport's name back to Teesside International Airport.[31] An online poll was conducted in December 2018 with the option of continuing with the Durham Tees Valley name or reverting to the airport's former name of Teesside International. Of the 14,000 people who took part, 93% voted for the name to revert to Teesside International.[32]

On 24 January 2019, the plan was unanimously voted in favour of by the six TVCA leaders, bringing the airport back under public ownership after 16 years in the private sector.

On 14 March 2019, the Mayor held a press conference at the airport confirming Stobart Aviation as the new airport operator. Stobart will invest in a 25% stake in the new holding company with the TVCA owning the majority 75% (it is expected that prior to this the individual local authority shares will be transferred across to the TVCA).[33]

The takeover came at a time the airport was back on the rise, the 2017 terminal refurbishment was fuelling growth in passenger numbers, Peel had invested in a new £3.5m radar system which went live in 2021,[34] and they had "one of the largest increases in flights at the airport since the financial crash in 2007" lined up from "two major holiday companies", which the Mayor blocked in favour of using the start-up subsidies on solicitors and consults for the takeover instead.[35]

Teesside International Airport II[]

On 25 July 2019, the airport was rebranded back to Teesside International Airport, the name it operated under between 1987 and 2004.[36][37][38][39] Prior to the rebranding, the airport announced a new summer holiday route to Majorca for the 2020 summer season[40] and the renewal of the 2019 Burgas route also for 2020.[41]

On 24 January 2020, the airport announced new flights to London City, Cardiff, Southampton, Isle of Man, Dublin, Belfast, and Aberdeen with Eastern Airways.[42] On 26 February 2020, it was announced that for the first time in 9 years, holiday flights would again operate to Alicante.[43] On 4 June 2020, the airport announced another holiday destination route, with flights operating to Newquay from 6 July 2020.[44]

After a gap of more than a decade, daily flights to London-Heathrow recommenced in September 2020. The new route is operated by Eastern Airways with the London City route suspended pending the resolution of COVID-19.[45]

On 27 October 2020 it was announced TUI would be returning to the airport with a summer service to Majorca starting in 2022.[46]

On 10 November 2020 it was announced Loganair were to return again with a based aircraft competing on five of the Eastern Airways routes. Eastern would later concede Alicante to Ryanair and Belfast City and London Heathrow to Loganair.[47] On 25 November 2020 the airport announced the return of low-cost carrier Ryanair from 1 June 2021, with two flights a week to each of Palma and Alicante.[48]

Despite extensive renovations in recent years, the largest terminal refurbishment to date was announced on 16 December 2020, including a second lounge to cater to leisure passengers, new cafe and bar facilities landside and airside, and the re-opening of mothballed areas.[49]

On 3 March 2021 the Tees Valley region is awarded Freeport status as well as Treasury North at Darlington in the Government's annual budget announcement, both expected to yield long term benefits for the airport. The airport is included as part of the freeport whilst Treasury North at Darlington is later expanded to include the Department for International Trade.[50]

On 23 April 2021, it was announced that the £6.00 passenger facility fee would be scrapped.[51]

On 12 May 2021, it was announced that duty-free shopping would return to the airport after an eight-year absence. World Duty-Free are set to open a new store in the terminal as part of a 12-year deal with the airport.[52]

On 27 July 2021, Esken (formerly Stobart Aviation) announced that it was pulling out of running the airport only 2 years into the 10 year strategic plan, and returned its 25% share to TVCA at a nominal cost. This share was placed in a charitable trust protected by a referendum meaning that it cannot be sold to another company without the approval of voters. The TVCA also gave another £10 million in support to the airport, which had been badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. This was criticised by the local press and Labour politicians as letting taxpayers shoulder the costs of the airport.[53][54]

Airlines and destinations[]

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights out of Teesside International Airport:[55]

AirlinesDestinations
AlbaStar[40] Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca
BH Air Seasonal: Burgas
Eastern Airways[56] Seasonal: Jersey[57]
KLM Amsterdam
Loganair[58] Aberdeen, Belfast–City, Bristol (ends 29 October 2021),[59] Dublin (begins 27 May 2022),[60] London–Heathrow, Southampton (begins 27 March 2022)[61]
Seasonal: Jersey (ends 18 September 2021),[60] Newquay
Ryanair Alicante
Seasonal: Corfu,[62] Faro, Palma de Mallorca
TUI Airways Seasonal: Antalya (begins 26 May 2022),[63] Palma de Mallorca (begins 10 May 2022)[64]

Other users[]

There are two flight schools located at the airport, Eden Flight Training and Scenic Air Tours. Scenic Air Tours also offer pleasure flights and aerobatic flights around the North East.

IAS Medical are an air ambulance operator who specialise in patient and organ transfer using two Beech King Airs and a single Diamond DA62.

There are also three multinational defence contractors based on site, Draken Europe provide electronic countermeasure and aggressor training to the MoD using a fleet of Dassault Falcon 20 aircraft, Serco operate their International Fire Training Centre, one of the largest in Europe, on the airport's south side and Thales have their calibration and flight inspection subsidiary based with a Beech King Air and Diamond DA42 Twin Star.

On 15 May 2020 it was announced that US firm Willis Asset Management will lease two hangars at the airport to carry out maintenance and storage of a wide variety of commercial aircraft.[65]

Non-aviation companies include FedEx Express subsidiary TNT Express, who operate from Hangar 2.

Traffic statistics[]

Passengers and movements[]

The airport saw strong growth from 1993 to 2006, when passenger numbers peaked at 917,963. Passenger numbers then declined steeply in the subsequent four years due to the financial crisis of 2007–2010. Passenger numbers continued to fall to a low of 130,911 (2017 figures), before showing small increases in 2018 and 2019, prior to the Covid pandemic. Freight volumes have slowly declined since 2000, to effectively zero tonnage by 2010.[3]

With the airport back under public ownership in 2019, new holiday destinations have subsequently been announced. Combined with the "core" business flights currently operating out of the airport, the long-term hope is of pushing passenger numbers beyond 1.4m in the next decade by attracting a low cost airline.[66]


See source Wikidata query and sources.

Traffic statistics at Teesside International Airport[3]
Year Passengers
handled 		Passengers
handled
% change 		Aircraft
movements 		Aircraft
movements
% change 		Freight
(tonnes) 		Freight
% change
2000 746,983 Steady 54,625 Steady 3,145 Steady
2001 733,617 Decrease 1.7 58,494 Increase 7.0 2,076 Decrease 33.9
2002 671,131 Decrease 8.5 52,276 Decrease 10.6 1,016 Decrease 51.0
2003 704,269 Increase 4.9 51,976 Decrease 0.5 1,092 Increase 7.4
2004 788,382 Increase 11.9 49,529 Decrease 4.7 484 Decrease 55.6
2005 900,035 Increase 14.1 51,714 Increase 4.4 363 Decrease 25.0
2006 917,963 Increase 1.9 55,788 Increase 7.8 459 Increase 26.4
2007 743,727 Decrease 18.9 57,515 Increase 3.0 790 Increase 72.1
2008 654,192 Decrease 12.0 45,310 Decrease 21.2 290 Decrease 63.2
2009 289,464 Decrease 55.7 25,208 Decrease 44.3 356 Increase 22.7
2010 224,673 Decrease 22.3 20,756 Decrease 17.6 0 Decrease 100.0
2011 192,410 Decrease 14.3 20,879 Increase 0.5 3 Increase nm
2012 166,251 Decrease 13.5 17,938 Decrease 14.0 0 Decrease 100.0
2013 161,092 Decrease 3.1 18,298 Increase 2.0 0 Steady
2014 142,379 Decrease 10.3 17,940 Decrease 1.9 2 Increase nm
2015 140,902 Decrease 1.0 18,702 Increase 4.2 0 Decrease 100.0
2016 132,369 Decrease 6.1 21,162 Increase 13.2 8 Increase nm
2017 130,911 Decrease 1.1 19,668 Decrease 7.1 4 Decrease 50.0
2018 142,080 Increase 8.5 16,950 Decrease 13.8 1 Decrease 75.0
2019 150,735 Increase 6.1 16,746 Decrease 1.2 0 Decrease 100.0
2020 38,540 Decrease 74.4 12,731 Decrease 24.0 8 Increase nm

Routes[]

Busiest routes to and from Teesside International Airport (2020)[67]
Rank Airport Total
passengers		 Change
2019 / 20
1 Netherlands Amsterdam 23,898 Decrease 80%
2 United Kingdom Aberdeen 6,188 Decrease 64%
3 United Kingdom Belfast City 1,964 Steady New Route
4 United Kingdom Newquay 1,372 Steady New Route
5 United Kingdom Southampton 853 Steady New Route
6 United Kingdom London Heathrow 802 Steady New Route
7 United Kingdom Cardiff 554 Increase 201%
8 United Kingdom Humberside 387 Decrease 63%
9 United Kingdom London City 282 Steady New Route
10 Jersey Jersey 170 Decrease 94%

Ground transport[]

Bus[]

Arriva North East operates a bus service (No.12) that runs from Hurworth and Darlington to the airport six times per day.[68][69] The extension of the service to the urban centre of Teesside east of the airport however, has been withdrawn as a result of cancellation of Stockton Council financial support.

Car[]

The airport is situated off the A67 and is near the A1(M), A19 and A66 corridors. A significant upgrade to complete a fast link direct to the airport from the A66 was completed in 2008.[70]

Rail[]

Teesside Airport railway station is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from the airport terminal (around 15 minutes walk). The station was served by two trains per week until December 2017 when the service was reduced to just one train every Sunday.[71] The airport is exploring the possibility of using more shuttle buses and "horizontal escalators" to boost patronage at the station in the future.[72]

Currently, Dinsdale railway station about 2 miles (3.2 km) away in the nearby village of Middleton St George is the closest station with regular passenger services.

Taxi[]

Taxis are available directly outside the airport terminal.

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