No stopping travellers from Newcastle to Stavanger

UK regional airline, Eastern Airways, will now introduce its first non-stop service from Newcastle International Airport to Stavanger. Travellers flying with Newcastle’s most punctual scheduled airline will benefit from greater convenience and time savings with the start of the new daily non-stop weekday service launching on 12 May 2008. The independent carrier previously provided a link from Newcastle to Stavanger via Aberdeen.

Flights will depart from Newcastle at 9.50am, arriving in Stavanger at 12.40pm local time. Flights leave Stavanger at 1.10pm, landing in Newcastle at 2pm local time.

The direct flights will appeal to north east businesses with Norwegian links, particularly those in the oil and gas industry. Many major energy companies are located in Stavanger as Norway is one of the world’s largest oil producers. The north east is also recognised as a world leader in subsea oil exploration, which has further enhanced its energy links with Norway.

Stavanger is the European Capital of Culture 2008 and the non-stop service will also be beneficial to leisure travellers taking short breaks in both regions.

This latest announcement by the independent carrier demonstrates its commitment and expansion of services from Newcastle following the recent increase in weekday flights to Aberdeen with six a day, Southampton to four a day and Cardiff to three a day.

“This is major milestone in the development of our Newcastle services,” said Chris Holliday, Eastern Airways’ chief operating officer. “After initially establishing a connecting service via Aberdeen, which showed there was demand for daily services between north east England and Stavanger, business travellers will now be able to make significant time savings with our new, convenient non-stop flights from Newcastle.”

Newcastle International Airport’s chief executive, Dave Laws, said: “We know this direct flight will prove very popular and help further expand business links between the North East and Norway. Eastern Airways make an important contribution to the development of the region through offering frequent flights to key destinations and we are delighted this new service will make it easier to travel between the North East and Stavanger.”

All passengers flying with Eastern Airways are able to use its dedicated fast track security channel at Newcastle to avoid any queues.

Eastern Airways also provides regular frequent services from Newcastle to Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, Southampton and the Isle of Man.

For more information, visit Easternairways.com.