announced flights to five destinations, all in competition with Eastern Airways, however Eastern never reinstated several of their routes following the pandemic leaving Loganair as the sole operator on most of them. On 25 November, Ryanair announced two flights a week to Palma de Mallorca and Alicante from June 2021. On 16 December 2020, a terminal refurbishment was announced including a second lounge, cafe and bar facilities, both landside and airside, as well as opening up previously closed areas. In the 3 March 2021 annual Government budget announcement, the Tees Valley region was awarded Freeport status as well as Treasury North at Darlington (plus other departments announced since). Both expect to have long term benefits for the airport which is included as part of the freeport. On 23 April 2021, It was announced that the £6.00 passenger facility fee would be scrapped. On 12 May 2021 it was announced that duty-free shopping would return to the airport after an eight-year absence courtesy of World Duty-Free. On 7 February 2022, new details of a proposed Teesside Airport business park were revealed. A new 1.5 km A67 link road, running direct to the southside area will also be constructed leading to the creation of a new roundabout close to Wilkinson's Plant Centre. A new multimillion-pound freight cargo handling facility has also recently been established at the airport. Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled flights to and from Teesside: Other users There are two flight schools located at the airport, AeroSchool and Eden Flight Training. IAS Medical are an air ambulance operator who specialise in patient and organ transfer using Beech King Airs. There are also three multinational defence contractors based on site, Draken Europe provide electronic countermeasure and aggressor training to the MoD using a fleet of Dassault Falcon 20 and Aero L-159E ALCA aircraft, and built a new hangar in 2022 to accommodate the latter. Serco operate their International Fire Training Centre, one of the largest in Europe, on the airports south side and Thales have their calibration and flight inspection subsidiary based with a Beech King Air and Diamond DA42 Twin Star. US firm Willis Lease Finance Corporation subsidiary Willis Asset Management operate out of Hangar 2 at the airport and carry out maintenance and storage of a wide variety of commercial aircraft. Two further subsidiaries have since moved in, Willis Aviation Services are a ground handling