| 1935 | Sir Phillip Cunliffe-Lister opened the airport on July 26. The airport already had a clubhouse, a hangar, workshops, a grass runway and a garage.
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| 1952 | The airport’s slow growth was evidenced by its flight figures. It had only 35 flights per week at this time. Jim Denyer, an ex-RAF fighter pilot was named as the manager of the airport.
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| 1952 | Hunting Air Transport began flying to Bovington in London. Later, other flights began going to Amsterdam, Dublin and Dusseldorf.
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| 1960s | Newcastle got into the package holiday traffic scene when northeast passengers began flying to warmer climates for holiday.
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| 1963 | Local authorities appointed a company to expand the airport and begin new construction work there.
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| 1970 | Overcrowding was becoming a problem at the airport since passenger throughput was now at 700,000 per year in the small terminal.
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| 1970s | The arrival of a jumbo jet at Newcastle from the USA brought the airport into the intercontinental league.
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| 1989 | Jim Denyer retired and was replaced by Trevor Went as Managing Director of the airport.
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| 1991 | This was a bad year for aviation although it was a record-breaking year for Newcastle Airport.
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| 1994 | The Princess Royal opened the 2400 car parking spaces at Newcastle Airport along with an extension to the terminal building.
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| 2000 | A new 27 million pound extension to the airport, opened by Tony Blair, began the way for greater growth in passenger numbers. Easyjet and RyanAir began talks of opening routes from the airport.
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| 2001 | Copenhagen Airport bought 49% of the shares of Newcastle Airport, ensuring that the airport was now an international airport.
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| 2003 | A record-breaking 3.9 million passengers used the airport. Newcastle International was launched with new routes and new developments at the airport itself.
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| 2004 | Many new shops and restaurants were able to open due to the new terminal extension.
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| 2006 | The airport announced that a new business park and luxury hotels were going to be built at Newcastle International.
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