Wheels Up company Air Partner said it has handled Teesside International Airport’s first cargo flights as the hub gears up to fill a gap left by the shuttering of a nearby airport.
The north-east England hub, according to statement, "is set to establish itself as the latest key cargo hub following the closure of Doncaster Sheffield Airport earlier this year", which typically handled around 10,000 tonnes of cargo a year.
According to Pierre Van Der Stichele, vice president of global cargo at Air Partner, the "swift mobilisation of three turbo prop cargo aircraft in recent weeks is the tip of the iceberg as we intend to handle wide-body aircraft at Teesside International Airports in due course to support the growth of such a crucial cargo hub in the UK.”