Originally Posted by
NorthSouth
All well and good. But they already have Schiphol, to which pax levels have dropped by 7.4% over the last two years. Is there really room for ANOTHER international hub?
That is always going to be the risk. In the past the airport has successfully operated routes to multiple hubs at the same time.
But I think those airports would offer lot without the need to be like for like competition with Amsterdam/KLM. i.e. 1 return flight a day to Paris would add bit competition for KLM but would be mostly aimed at people wanting to be visitor the Paris area or North east area for business and leisure.
It would be interesting to see if the likes of Copenhagen could work from Durham Tees Valley Airport. Newcastle and Leeds Bradford seem to fall just short but with Durham Tees Valley being in middle it maybe able work as direct route and serve the North East area.