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sfrs4

sfrs4

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Peel Holdings..... crooks, that is the group that bought RAF Finningley with the proviso from the council was that it was to be a working airport only. It was turned into Doncaster Airport, I use airport loosely, a single building with a few shops and a bar, to begin with all was great, it had two or three decent airlines flying out of there and to places like the Dominican and Cuba as well as mainland Europe, then the big international routes started to fade away followed by the bigger airlines, Peel stated it was an infrastructure issue, so the local council invested in a new road network to link the M18 to the airport and funnily enough a large area of development land just off the side of the M18.
This seemed to do the trick for a few more years, then, again the larger of the remaining airline and holiday companies started leaving, Peel stated the airport was no longer viable and that the footfall was not meeting expected levels, when you look into it the reasons it was all rigged with Peel forcing airlines to either hike prices to cover vast charges levied by Peel group or leave, airlines found it was cheaper to fly passengers into the airport then fly the plane away to another airport to wait for another day than to leave it stood at Doncaster, I looked at all the charges levied by airports ( and I didn't realise what airports charge for ) and peel holdings was charging more for everything than many of the larger airports in the UK, so how were airlines going to use Doncaster, the airport is a 20min drive from my house but it was still cheaper for me to drive, park and fly from Stanstead than it was from Doncaster. So eventually Peel told the council it could no longer make the airport " profitable " and was closing it down, then not long after applied to turn the airport into commercial property use, something Peel is very good at, luckily Doncaster Council has some good people who listen to what the public said and realised what tricks Peel was upto and refused permission, now the Council has stepped in and the airport is due to reopen later this year. and hopefully along with Teeside airport ( which was also another Peel owned airport that " failed " ) they will thrive and put Peels nose out of joint.
 
TiltyShaun

TiltyShaun

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sfrs4 said:
Peel Holdings..... crooks, that is the group that bought RAF Finningley with the proviso from the council was that it was to be a working airport only. It was turned into Doncaster Airport, I use airport loosely, a single building with a few shops and a bar, to begin with all was great, it had two or three decent airlines flying out of there and to places like the Dominican and Cuba as well as mainland Europe, then the big international routes started to fade away followed by the bigger airlines, Peel stated it was an infrastructure issue, so the local council invested in a new road network to link the M18 to the airport and funnily enough a large area of development land just off the side of the M18.
This seemed to do the trick for a few more years, then, again the larger of the remaining airline and holiday companies started leaving, Peel stated the airport was no longer viable and that the footfall was not meeting expected levels, when you look into it the reasons it was all rigged with Peel forcing airlines to either hike prices to cover vast charges levied by Peel group or leave, airlines found it was cheaper to fly passengers into the airport then fly the plane away to another airport to wait for another day than to leave it stood at Doncaster, I looked at all the charges levied by airports ( and I didn't realise what airports charge for ) and peel holdings was charging more for everything than many of the larger airports in the UK, so how were airlines going to use Doncaster, the airport is a 20min drive from my house but it was still cheaper for me to drive, park and fly from Stanstead than it was from Doncaster. So eventually Peel told the council it could no longer make the airport " profitable " and was closing it down, then not long after applied to turn the airport into commercial property use, something Peel is very good at, luckily Doncaster Council has some good people who listen to what the public said and realised what tricks Peel was upto and refused permission, now the Council has stepped in and the airport is due to reopen later this year. and hopefully along with Teeside airport ( which was also another Peel owned airport that " failed " ) they will thrive and put Peels nose out of joint.
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We are about to see what happens with Staverton Airport or Gloustershire as the 2 coucils that own it insist it is now called.
Up for sale and vultures are circling. It can surely be better run in private hands after the current management didn’t realise that when Air Traffic controllers leave, you need to find replacements!!! But it is sat in green belt between Cheltenham and Gloucester. Or Chelcester as it will undoubtedly become if Angela the deputy PM gets her way.
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Cardiff airport is a classic example of government meddling in summat they know sweet FA about ... WAG just keep pouring public money into a white elephant, dying on its feet, trying to keep it standing :mad: :mad:
 
kabin man

kabin man

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was just reading something similar on BBC news .
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6feetdown

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sfrs4 said:
Peel Holdings..... crooks, that is the group that bought RAF Finningley with the proviso from the council was that it was to be a working airport only. It was turned into Doncaster Airport, I use airport loosely, a single building with a few shops and a bar, to begin with all was great, it had two or three decent airlines flying out of there and to places like the Dominican and Cuba as well as mainland Europe, then the big international routes started to fade away followed by the bigger airlines, Peel stated it was an infrastructure issue, so the local council invested in a new road network to link the M18 to the airport and funnily enough a large area of development land just off the side of the M18.
This seemed to do the trick for a few more years, then, again the larger of the remaining airline and holiday companies started leaving, Peel stated the airport was no longer viable and that the footfall was not meeting expected levels, when you look into it the reasons it was all rigged with Peel forcing airlines to either hike prices to cover vast charges levied by Peel group or leave, airlines found it was cheaper to fly passengers into the airport then fly the plane away to another airport to wait for another day than to leave it stood at Doncaster, I looked at all the charges levied by airports ( and I didn't realise what airports charge for ) and peel holdings was charging more for everything than many of the larger airports in the UK, so how were airlines going to use Doncaster, the airport is a 20min drive from my house but it was still cheaper for me to drive, park and fly from Stanstead than it was from Doncaster. So eventually Peel told the council it could no longer make the airport " profitable " and was closing it down, then not long after applied to turn the airport into commercial property use, something Peel is very good at, luckily Doncaster Council has some good people who listen to what the public said and realised what tricks Peel was upto and refused permission, now the Council has stepped in and the airport is due to reopen later this year. and hopefully along with Teeside airport ( which was also another Peel owned airport that " failed " ) they will thrive and put Peels nose out of joint.
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Sounds like Cardiff airport run by the statsi.
 
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6feetdown

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V8Druid said:
Cardiff airport is a classic example of government meddling in summat they know sweet FA about ... WAG just keep pouring public money into a white elephant, dying on its feet, trying to keep it standing :mad: :mad:
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I need to read threads before commenting 🙈🤣
 
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