Newcastle Airport - Busiest routes to and from Newcastle (2016)

The airport saw significant growth in the ten years to 2007, when passenger numbers peaked at 5.65 million, more than double the number handled ten years earlier. Passenger numbers declined in the subsequent four years due to the financial crisis of 2007–2010, with around 4.8 million passengers passing through the airport in 2016 (close to the 2004 total), although cargo volumes have broadly increased to record levels since 2005.

Reference 1: Total passengers and Change 2015/16.

Reference 2: London–Heathrow, Amsterdam, Alicante, Palma de Mallorca, Belfast–International, Málaga, Dublin, Dubai–International, Tenerife–South, Bristol, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Faro, Southampton, Lanzarote, Barcelona, Ibiza, Dalaman, Geneva, Gran Canaria and Reus.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Airport