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Motor way- global car repair firm ABL 1Touch is the first tenant at Teesside International Airport’ s 270-acres Grade A industrial development site.
How Teesside Airport’ s taking off for business
Your business will be on the path to success if you land yourself at Teesside International Airport.
Since being brought back into public ownership in 2019, a consistent focus on estate and asset development has made the airport a prime location for top companies – with fantastic news stories spinning out of their arrival.
Willis Aviation Services is constructing its second twin-bay hangar to cater for its growing aircraft repair and overhaul operations, expanding the company’ s thriving presence which recently saw it sign a new maintenance deal with Jet2.
Aircraft painting firm Airbourne Colours is also building a second facility, as it scores jobs with EasyJet, Jet2, Loganair, TUI and others, bringing even more jobs and apprenticeships to the site.
Aviation services and technology firm Draken, which currently operates two hangars for its £ 173m MoD contract, has signalled its further commitment with the airport as it seeks to build a new fivebay maintenance hangar with offices and workshops.
And FedEx, the world’ s largest transportation company, has signed a fiveyear deal for an airfreight handling facility at Teesside – moving its operations from Newcastle. The airport already boasts its own cargo handling facility, with the latest screening technology, and is famed for its handling of urgent or last-minute goods.
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Thanks to these, the airport recorded a yearon-year cargo increase of 130.7 % in June 2025.
When it comes to import and export, as part of the Teesside Freeport’ s customs zones, firms operating here will receive a range of tariff benefits, including duty deferral while the goods remain on-site and the suspension of VAT on goods entering the customs zone. Businesses can also manufacture goods using the imports and add value, before exporting to international markets, without ever paying the full tariff on the original goods.
It’ s not only aviation-related firms relocating here. Global car repair firm ABL 1Touch has become the first tenant at the south of the site, which offers high-quality office and Grade A industrial development opportunities across 270 acres, all with airside access if required.
Development – Willis and Airbourne Colours hangars under construction at Teesside International Airport
ABL 1Touch ' s Unit D is the first of four units which will be built to cover 130,000 sq ft with direct access to the road network via a convenient mile-long link road off the A67.
Like all the developments to come, the principle behind the 25,105 sq ft facility has been to provide a loose fit base build to each unit with a plug-and-play approach to meet individual requirements. This has been established with an understood base performance that can be enhanced by an uplift in material choices as well as bespoke elements of fitout to suit individual tenant needs.
In total, Teesside Airport boasts 375 acres of developable land, including 5.2m sq ft / 483,277 sq m of industrial, logistics and aviation development.
The airport has a strategy to become operationally net zero by 2030. This includes self-sufficient electricity for the site and tenants from an under-development solar array, a hydrogen vehicle refuelling station and involvement in sustainable aviation fuel research – helping your company meet its clean energy ambitions.
All this means that businesses of all sizes, across various sectors and of all types, can be guaranteed to get flying by joining Teesside Airport’ s growing offering.
To find out more, visit teessideinternational. com / business