Just had a go, Dublin still bookable for June

Cardiff and Dublin suspended until the 17th of April

https://www.easternairways.com/annou...us-information.

5 x weekly flights still operating to ABZ, SOU and BHD

KLM down to 1 daily until the 28th, then suspended.

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...shQLmhXrDuZShs

This does sound very good considering what is going on. Then again there must be a lot of people using it to get to/from NCL that previously perhaps used the Flybe service.

Newcastle has a Southampton route.

Currently 1-2 daily with Eastern but Loganair starting on Monday.

So Peel were accused of closing the airport for 16 years but never did and the saviour of a Mayor has done it in just over one :E

It only refers to the airport terminal being closed, rather than no flying - the military will still need training and the Air Ambulance and IAS Medical aren't "non-essential" travel.

Who knows what the passenger loads have been..the airlines are desperate,the airports are desperate...who knows where it will end.
A lot of money was invested in the airport by the mayor....the interesting times will be if no improvement..how will it be paid back?

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I think you know what the answer to that will be. The Mayor obviously didn't have the benefit of a crystal ball. Kudos for trying.

A couple of Cobhams have recently departed, so looks like it is the terminal and not the airport as a whole.

Not surprising, but the airshow has been delayed.

Airfied operating Hours
 

According to the Notams, airfield is open 07.00 to 17:00 Mon to Fri - closed Saturday and Sunday. Fire category reduced to 4.

Pretty good..seems to be open longer hours than Newcastle?

i suppose it’s to keep Flight Refuelling /Cobhams operating?

These times are G.M.T. 08:00-18:00 B.S.T.

I really believe that the companies still struggling on rather than just closing and going on a deep freeze are probably going to be in a worse position when recovery starts. Far more sensible to call it quits soon and shut down to preserve cash.

Perhaps what they are doing is already paid for.

The major customer for Teesside at the moment is Cobham's, who are involved in air defence training - presumably still an essential activity?

The likes of Bournemouth and Southend are being used to store large amounts of aircraft, is there a reason that we are not considered for such work?

The remains of the 2 WW2 runways to the east and south east of the main should be quite useful..
Maybe the Mayor didn't ask anyone.

Old runways are fenced off and would need sweeping trees and bushes would need cutting out also. Hangar 1 is available but there are no on site engineers to maintain stored aircraft.