Editing Newcastle upon Tyne (section)

===Air===
{{Main|Newcastle International Airport}}

[[File:Aircraft at Newcastle Airport.jpg|thumb|Aircraft at Newcastle International Airport]]

[[Newcastle International Airport]] is situated on the northern outskirts of the city at [[Woolsington]], near to [[Ponteland]]. It is the largest and busiest airport in [[North East England]] and the second largest and busiest in [[Northern England]] (behind [[Manchester Airport|Manchester]]), handling over five million passengers per year. {{As of|2007}}, Newcastle Airport operated flights to 90 destinations worldwide.<ref>{{cite web
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The airport is serviced by numerous airlines including [[British Airways]], [[Jet2.com|Jet2]], [[easyJet]], [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]], [[Ryanair]], [[Air France]], [[TUI Airways]], [[Loganair]], [[KLM]] and [[Eurowings]].

The airport is connected to Central Newcastle by the [[Tyne and Wear Metro]], with an average journey between [[Central Station Metro station]] and [[Newcastle Airport Metro station]] taking approximately 20 minutes.