Doncaster-Sheffield Robinhood DSA/EGCN Closure Update
CLOSURE UPDATE:
Peel Group have reportably given DSA ATC notice of forced redundancy effective as of 2nd December 2022. Airport Crash & Rescue Service expecting to receive same in due course. Once these services have been withdrawn the airport will effectively be closed.
Local authorities have taken the owners to court for a judicial review on the procedures and decision to close the airport and also to seek an injunction to stop further closure work. A high court judge is deliberating. There are aviation parties reportably expressing interest in the airport for continued use as an airport, however Peel Group are reluctant to take that route & instead seem interested in redevelopment outside the aviation industry.
"The Yorkshire, North Lincs and Humberside areas need this airport. Losing it will set the local economy back by decades and cost several thousand jobs that the area can ill afford. Our country deserves more diversity from London and Manchester." Quote from Stephen Hardacre
A Save Doncaster Sheffield Airport campaign has been running for some time & can be reached on Facebook where they have close to 18K followers, or via email at savedsa@outlook.com
Global FBO Consult earlier blog posts:
BLOG #2: 26 SEP 2022
Britain’s Doncaster Sheffield Airport DSA/EGCN will close due to a lack of “tangible proposals” for its future ownership and financial viability. Owner Peel Group Ltd. conducted a strategic review of the airport and will wind down services from Oct. 31.
BLOG #1: 14 July 2022
Board of Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) has begun a review of strategic options for the Airport. The review follows lengthy deliberations by the Board of DSA which has reluctantly concluded that "aviation activity on the site may no longer be commercially viable".
The airport was formerly Royal Air Force Finningley, later named and commonly referred to as Robin Hood Airport. The airport opened to passengers in 2005. It was initially operated by Peel Airports/The Peel Group.
The current FBO there is Consort Aviation.
The airport is home to a number of HM Coastguard King Air 200s & Piper Navajos, National Police Air Service P.68R Victors, two Boeing 727-200 Oil Spray Response aircraft operated by 2 Excel Aviation. It is also where what was the last airworthy V-Bomber, Avro Vulcan XH558, is kept (that's why it's our headline photo, much nicer than a terminal building!).
Peel Group have reportably given DSA ATC notice of forced redundancy effective as of 2nd December 2022. Airport Crash & Rescue Service expecting to receive same in due course. Once these services have been withdrawn the airport will effectively be closed.
Local authorities have taken the owners to court for a judicial review on the procedures and decision to close the airport and also to seek an injunction to stop further closure work. A high court judge is deliberating. There are aviation parties reportably expressing interest in the airport for continued use as an airport, however Peel Group are reluctant to take that route & instead seem interested in redevelopment outside the aviation industry.
"The Yorkshire, North Lincs and Humberside areas need this airport. Losing it will set the local economy back by decades and cost several thousand jobs that the area can ill afford. Our country deserves more diversity from London and Manchester." Quote from Stephen Hardacre
A Save Doncaster Sheffield Airport campaign has been running for some time & can be reached on Facebook where they have close to 18K followers, or via email at savedsa@outlook.com
Global FBO Consult earlier blog posts:
BLOG #2: 26 SEP 2022
Britain’s Doncaster Sheffield Airport DSA/EGCN will close due to a lack of “tangible proposals” for its future ownership and financial viability. Owner Peel Group Ltd. conducted a strategic review of the airport and will wind down services from Oct. 31.
BLOG #1: 14 July 2022
Board of Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) has begun a review of strategic options for the Airport. The review follows lengthy deliberations by the Board of DSA which has reluctantly concluded that "aviation activity on the site may no longer be commercially viable".
The airport was formerly Royal Air Force Finningley, later named and commonly referred to as Robin Hood Airport. The airport opened to passengers in 2005. It was initially operated by Peel Airports/The Peel Group.
The current FBO there is Consort Aviation.
The airport is home to a number of HM Coastguard King Air 200s & Piper Navajos, National Police Air Service P.68R Victors, two Boeing 727-200 Oil Spray Response aircraft operated by 2 Excel Aviation. It is also where what was the last airworthy V-Bomber, Avro Vulcan XH558, is kept (that's why it's our headline photo, much nicer than a terminal building!).
