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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

easyJet to reopen Newcastle base five years after Covid closure

Tyne team: easyJet and Newcastle airport celebrate the reopened base - (easyJet)

Five years after easyJet closed its base at Newcastle airport, Britain's biggest budget airline has announced it will reopen for summer 2026.

Newcastle was an important UK base for Go, the short-lived budget airline from British Airways that was later taken over by easyJet. The base at the Tyneside airport was closed in August 2020 along with the East Midlands and Southend operations.

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