Originally Posted by
G-FORZ
MAN,LBA,HUY,EMA are all on extremes of the great County – Given no one will build a New airport in Yorkshire, Hypothetically speaking isn’t DSA the only viable semi central location, with Motorway & Rail access that has any potential for growth to say STN levels of traffic? Surely that would make it a vital part of National Infrastructure to the UK’s largest Counties of Yorkshire & Lincolnshire.
Central yes, but peripheral to the main population centres it needs to draw from to be viable.
If LBA and DSA were publicly owned then there may be an argument for consolidating at DSA. Good luck with convincing AMP Capital to close LBA though, given it’s that Yorkshire airport that has doubled its passenger throughput since DSA opened and is still growing.