O/T Donny airport re opening get ready

[Brin]

That’s all I am saying. It should be reopened for many reasons and we should have an announcement very soon.

[crashbang]

It was on the news last week.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

A money pit

It will need millions thrown at it. Money best spent elsewhere

[CAMiller]

It was on the news last week.

Don't tell Brin that, he paid his stable lad a tenner for that information

[clarkey1974]

A money pit

It will need millions thrown at it. Money best spent elsewhere

It’s a Chesterton”s fence.

[scum_triumphant]

I have only used it once (twice if you include the return trip)

Don't see what all the fuss is about - If it was any good and viable it wouldn't have closed.

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

Mentioned £138m being chucked at it, this morning on radio Hallam.

[Redshank]

I have only used it once (twice if you include the return trip)

Don't see what all the fuss is about - If it was any good and viable it wouldn't have closed.

It's absolutely farcical that it wasn't viable. The long runway is big enough for long haul and the infrastructure around it makes it one of the most accessible in the UK.

Unfortunately, the airport has been in the hands of Peel Group who are little more than glorified asset strippers. Their agenda was clearly to suck in local authority investment into the surrounding infrastructure, price out airlines, close the airport on the grounds of "unviable" then make a killing selling off what was now prime development land.

[Pocket rocket]

It's absolutely farcical that it wasn't viable. The long runway is big enough for long haul and the infrastructure around it makes it one of the most accessible in the UK.

Unfortunately, the airport has been in the hands of Peel Group who are little more than glorified asset strippers. Their agenda was clearly to suck in local authority investment into the surrounding infrastructure, price out airlines, close the airport on the grounds of "unviable" then make a killing selling off what was now prime development land.

This exactly.

[crashbang]

I've used it , handy and a pleasant experience.
Better than Manchester.