NEWCASTLE AIRPORT GUIDE (NCL)

QUICK FACTS Name: Newcastle International Airport IATA Code: NCL ICAO Code: EGNT Opened: 1935 Terminals: 1 Runways: 1 Destinations served:80+ Passengers: 3.5m (2009)

 
FACILITIES

Parking

The Newcastle Airport Parking facilities offer the full suite of parking options to cater for passengers of all stay durations, urgency and personal sense of style. The Newcastle Airport Parking facilities offer both short-term (hourly rates) and long-term (daily rates) parking zones as well as a mid-term facility where the first 15 minutes is free. The Fast Track option is ideal for passengers in a dire rush to catch their plane, while bicycles and motorbikes are welcome to park for free. Newcastle Airport Parking also caters for disabled passengers, with designated parking bays situated immediately outside the main terminal building.
 
Entertainment

With passengers that generally have a few hours to kill prior to departure, the Newcastle Airport has spared no expense when it comes to stocking up its terminal building with pre-flight entertainment! There are a great number and diversity of dining and drinking venues located in the departure lobby, which together, cater for the full suite of budgets, time schedules and comfort expectations. These include the Echo Bar, Greggs, Burger King, Bar Des Voyageurs, Café Ritazza, Eagle Bar Diner, the Real Food Company, Caviar House & Prunier and Starbucks Coffee. Whatever the pre-flight craving, there is the perfect environment, meal and/or cocktail to quell it with at the Newcastle Airport.

Internal Transport

The Newcastle Airport Parking facilities, although located in close proximity to the main terminal building, are regularly serviced by shuttle busses. All the essential services and facilities that the passenger may need prior to their departure are conveniently located within the terminal building, from banking, ATM and currency exchange to office, postal and email facilities.

The terminal building itself is comprehensively sign-posted, making navigation exceptionally easy for passengers. Both the check-in desks and departure lounges are located on the first floor, while the rest of the floors are well-serviced be escalators and elevators. Both the terminal building and Newcastle Airport parking facilities offer full assistance for disabled passengers.
 
 
Departure Lounges

The Newcastle Airport features two main lounge areas:
 
•    The Cheviot Lounge is open to all passengers and offers wireless Internet access, laptop plug-in points as well as complimentary drinks, snacks and the most recent magazine and newspaper publications for passengers’ perusal pleasure.

•    The British Airway Lounge is an exclusive area of pre-flight relaxation reserved for full-fare BA (or affiliate or One World Partner airlines) ticket-holders, Executive Club passengers possessing Gold, Silver or Premier cards. Should you meet the criteria, you will have a business centre, high-speed Internet access, fax and phone facilities as well as a small coffee shop and mini-library completely at your disposal.