Humberside Airport

The CAA have just published their second annual survey of the quality of assistance for passengers with a disability or reduced mobility. It covers the 30 busiest U.K. airports. The only airports to be rated Very Good in both surveys were Humberside and Norwich.

The British Airways franchisee, Sun-Air of Scandinavia, are introducing a new Danish route from Humberside Airport on 17th April 2016. It will operate to Aalborg and Billund on Sundays and Fridays until the autumn of 2016, when a third rotation is planned. There are hopes that further rotations will be added next year.

The first hotel at Humberside Airport was opened as recently as 2010. It is called Nightel and was designed specifically for people working on the North Sea gas field production rigs (which are serviced by fleets of helicopters from the airport). It has been so successful that the operators are building a new hotel for use by the general public. It will carry Hilton branding and is due to be opened in mid 2016.

Scandinavian Airlines System are to introduce a scheduled service between Copenhagen and Humberside. It will commence on 28th October 2013 and will be operated on five days per week. Over the years, Humberside has been very successful at attracting major flag carriers. As well as the current KLM services, there have been scheduled offerings from British Airways, Air France, Icelandair and Sabena. There have also been charters operated by Austrian Airlines and Air Malta.

Humberside Airport has been independently rated as having the 9th best passenger service of all the World's airports. More services would be welcome. Scheduled services are provided by Eastern Airways, Flybe and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Charter flights are offered by Thomas Cook, Balkan Holidays and Low Cost Holidays. The long term car park is only 3 minutes from the terminal and it is possible to be driving away only ten minutes after landing. British Commonwealth and other overseas visitors can pass through the border controls in a very timely manner.