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"FRED. OLSEN CRUISE LINES CELEBRATES DOUBLE"

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has just launched its brochure of worldwide cruises for 2009/10, and announced

 that the company will be operating two fly/cruise departures from Durham Tees Valley airport to the Caribbean, 

following successful sales of the first fly/cruise from the airport later this year. 

The first of these two fly/cruises, will depart Durham Tees Valley for Miami on 07 January 2010, on a 14 night

 ‘Caribbean Adventure’ on board Braemar. Ports of call include: Bahamas, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Honduras,

 Berlize, Mexico and Key West, Florida, returning to the UK on 22 January. 

The second fly/cruise is a 14 night ‘Caribbean Cocktail’ on board Boudicca, departing 11 March 2010,

 to join the ship in St Lucia. Following an overnight stay there, Boudicca sets sail for Dominica, St Kitts, Antigua, 

Tortola, Turks & Caicos, Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago and Barbados, arriving back at Durham Tees Valley airport

 on 26 March. These new departures from Durham Tees Valley airport confirm Fred. Olsen’s commitment to 

supporting flights from regional airports. John Atkinson, Area Sales Executive for Fred. Olsen in the North East

 said “We have had such a great response from customers in Durham and Tees Valley, and are delighted to be

 offering more departures for 2009/10”. Added Durham Tees Valley Airport’s Marketing and Communications

 Manager Emma Ormerod “There’s no doubt that being able to fly direct from their local airport is very popular 

with North East cruise passengers. For example this year’s flight to Barbabos, which is scheduled to leave to 

leave on December 4th, sold out very rapidly and we’re expecting a similar response to the two 2010 holidays

 just announced. “We’re especially pleased to have established this link with such a high quality cruise operator.

 All three of the departures—this year to Barbados and in 2010 to Miami and St Lucia—will be the first direct flights

 to these destinations from Durham Tees Valley.”