(15 Jun 2021, 12:30 pm)ASX_Terranova wrote Apparently there is a campaign to rename the airport to Newcastle Sunderland Airport.

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1...rnational/

Strange as it is not exactly between Newcastle and Sunderland.  Mind you, the post indicating that Sunderland Council have a stake would explain why the Metro service changed to provide through trains from the Airport to Sunderland instead of South Shields.