Odd - also heard it on the Radio Newcastle news
Also -
Newcastle Airport voted best in UK (From The Northern Echo)
NCL does seem to be quite good at winning this sort of thing - this is an interesting comment from the article:
The aviation industry has also been delighted with the performance of Newcastle Airport. Last year the airport was named the best base for customer service by easyJet, the best for on time performance by Thomas Cook, and the top performing base for 2014 by Jet2.