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New link with Norway launched

The region’s trading ties with Scandinavia could be boosted by the news that Eastern Airways will link Durham Tees Valley Airport with Bergen, offering an early morning connection to Norway’s second largest city.

From Monday 29 March 2010, early morning daily weekday flights from Durham Tees Valley via Aberdeen provide an alternative option to Bergen from the North East, alongside the airline’s current non-stop daily weekday service from Newcastle.

Weekday flights with the UK regional airline depart Durham Tees Valley at 6.40am via Aberdeen, arriving in Bergen at 11.10am local time. Services leave Bergen at 2.40pm arriving in Durham Tees Valley at 5.10pm local time.

Roger Hage, Eastern Airways’ ground services manager, said: “The North East has had strong trade links with Norway for many years.

This new connection from Durham Tees Valley allows us to provide an alternative early morning link from the north east, enabling passengers to reach Bergen just after 11am.

“This early morning departure from the north east is aimed primarily at business travellers and complements our existing non-stop 10.30am service from Newcastle to Bergen, offering more choice from the region.”

Richard Whitehouse, aviation project manager for Peel Airports, said: “I’m sure that the introduction of this quick and convenient link will be warmly welcomed by business people, both in the Tees Valley and in Norway.

“Both are major players in the oil and gas industries and centres of excellence in subsea technologies. Of course many of the thousands of workers employed in the Norwegian oil and gas industries are from the North East and Bergen serves as the main heliport base for the offshore operations.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .