FedEx Express has expanded its presence at Newcastle International Airport, adding 17 jobs to its current team of four.
The business, a subsidiary of the wider FedEx Corp, said the move was to serve growing export and import demands in the region and means it will fly a larger aircraft from the base.
It will upgrade from its current B737-400 aircraft to an ATR72 - which is three times the size and adds about 149,000lbs of inbound and outbound capacity each week.
