Loganair today flew out of Newcastle for the first time with the launch of routes to Brussels and Stavanger as its maiden flight between Glasgow and Dusseldorf also took to the skies.
The carrier known as Scotland's Airline officially opened its Newcastle base, its second outside of Scotland, alongside Norwich.
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The 6.25am service touching down in the Belgian capital one hour and 25 minutes later. An Embraer 145 then departed at 1.10pm, arriving in the south west of Norway at 3.30pm local time.
Links to the two European cities were previously operated by flybmi, which went into administration on February 16, prompting Loganair to step in to secure the important routes.
The carrier is providing early morning double daily rotations between Tyneside and Brussels between Monday and Thursday, while operating two evening departures on Friday and Sunday.
It is offering six services per week to Norway’s oil capital on weekdays and Sunday.
Dusseldorf is Loganair’s first destination in mainland Europe from Glasgow as the carrier stepped in to secure the Dusseldorf route after news that previous operator Eurowings was pulling out. The route supports important cultural and business links between the west of Scotland and the North Rhine – Westphalia region of Germany
Services depart Glasgow at 10.20am, arriving in Dusseldorf one hour and 50 minutes later at 13.10 local time, before returning to Scotland at 13.50 and touching down again in Glasgow at 14.40.
Jonathan Hinkles, Loganair’s managing director said: “We’re tremendously proud to be officially starting three new routes on the same day.
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“It marks a further extension of our reach in mainland Europe alongside an additional base in the England – our second outside of Scotland.
“The entire team has worked really hard in the build up to these three launches, in what has been an exceptionally busy time for the airline.
“With each schedule designed with flexibility for business and leisure passengers in mind, bookings have been really positive.”
