Flights between Newcastle and Dusseldorf have resumed.
The Eurowings service from Newcastle International Airport and Germany's seventh-largest city was restored on Wednesday September 2, making Eurowings the 10th airline to restart flights from Tyneside since the coronavirus pandemic grounded planes.
Eurowings is running three flights a week between Newcastle and Dusseldorf, with plans to increase that to six per week from November.
Eurowings will operate the route on its Airbus A320 aircraft which will provide more than 1000 seats between Newcastle and Dusseldorf each week.
Nick Jones, Chief Executive of Newcastle Airport said: “We’re delighted to see Eurowings return to the Airport and look forward to welcoming passengers for their trips to Dusseldorf.
“The connection between the two cities has been established for many years and continues to be a very important connection for the region’s business and leisure passengers.
“There is no doubt that this is a challenging time for the aviation industry however it is positive to see the tenth of our airline partners resuming operations from our Airport.”
Eurowings will allow passengers to book a 'free middle seat', which guarantees there will be an empty seat next to them.
"The positive feedback during the test phase showed us very clearly that our guests often want more comfort and distance on board. We therefore assume that the free middle seat will become a very important product for travel in the future," says Eurowing's CEO Jens Bischof.
