From BBC Tees:
Durham Tees Valley Airport has reported a rise in passenger numbers for the first two months of 2011.
Figures for January showed 17,203 passengers used the airport compared to 11,719 a year ago.
In February passenger numbers totalled 16,266, compared to 13,087 in the same month in 2010.
Owners Peel Airports said the figures showed people had not been put off by the introduction of £6 passenger facility fee in November 2010.
Airport director Mike Morton said Durham Tees Valley was "fighting back" after overall passenger numbers plummeted by 63,000 in 2010.
BBC News - Rise in passengers using Durham Tees Valley Airport