Newcastle – The News Desk

Newcastle airport has announced plans to upgrade its Aspire lounge over the next six months. The £1.7 million project will see the facility refurbished and expanded, with space for an additional 100 passengers. Aspire said that the lounge would become its flagship facility in the UK, with a three-tier system being introduced within one lounge for the first time. All guests will benefit from food and beverage options, as well as “convenient charging facilities, high speed internet, digital newspapers and the latest magazines, plus HD television and flight screens”. There will also be an Aspire Business offering, with “exclusive self-service food and beverage options and bespoke private and open working spaces targeted to the business traveller”, as well an Aspire Premium concept, offering...

Turkish Airlines has outlined expansion plans as part of its recent Roadshow presentation. The flag carrier currently flies to 291 destinations in 128 countries – the most of any carrier worldwide – and has named around 30 routes among its future plans. In the UK these include Glasgow and Newcastle, which would add to existing UK airports served by the carrier including Birmingham, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester and Stansted. Other future destinations include: Detroit, Denver, Orlando, Lima, Santiago and Rio de Janeiro in the Americas Sydney, Melbourne, Phnom Penh, Atyrau and Osaka in the Asia-Pacific region Bergen, Iasi, Katowice, Nantes, Timisoara, Bayburt and Yozgat in Europe Abha and Salalah in the Middle East Aswan, Brazzaville, Hargeisa, Lome, Monrovia, Port Sudan and Wi...

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Newcastle airport to refurbish and expand Aspire lounge – Business Traveller

Turkish Airlines planning routes to Glasgow and Newcastle – Business Traveller