The IATA and ICAO codes for the Newcastle Airport are NCL and EGNT respectively. The airport is owned by Newcastle Airport Local Authority Holding Company Ltd (51%) Copenhagen Airports A/S (49%); it’s operated by Newcastle International Airport Ltd. It’s the tenth busiest airport in the United Kingdom and is 11km north-west of the city centre.
The airport was opened in 1935 and saw 5 million passengers in 2007. You could get to the airport through the Tyne and Wear Metro Station; there are frequent trains to Sunderland and Newcastle upon Tyne. From Edinburgh A68/A696 leads you directly to the airport. The A74 has been redone and it links Glasgow and Carlisle with the airport.
If you’re in the Western part of the city, A69 links with A1 and then A696. Some of the major airlines include Emirates, Air France, Brussels Airlines, British Airways, and KLM. The modernization plans would see the airport handle 15 million passengers by 2030.
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