Anyone living north of the Tees is going to compare Teesside with Newcastle. Humberside dosen't really come into it. My sister who lives halfway between Teesside and Newcastle recently enquired about 6 seats to Bergen for a family wedding. The cost difference between Teesside and Newcastle for same day and roughly the same departure times was staggering, and that's without the extra £36 departure tax. The so called competion at Newcastle is a point to point airline, namely Easyjet and is of no use for anyone wanting to stage through Amsterdam to a final destination on the KLM network. If KLM charged the same from Teesside why would anyone want to travel the 100 miles round trip up to Newcastle.