Originally Posted by
davidjpowell
DSA had/has plenty of asset/surrounding land, however it's property owner holding company has kept it well away from DSA's books. The only thing on the books is anything that is pure airfield and can't be easily separated out.
So the proposed CPO will be applying to take all the land that is Peel owned on the Finningley estate and not just the airport?
I had seen people mention that the car parks were under a separate Peel entity but I find that hard to believe as the revenue per passenger figures in the accounts are not going to be generated by people buying a pint and a newspaper.
If we were to use Humberside as an example, they have a relatively small plot of property land which is overwhelmingly used by aviation related business which helps keep the place ticking over. How is this any different to DSA? They had a lot of undeveloped land and dormant space on the airport site. Quite clearly they do not feel that aviation is a useful purpose for the land, and it doesn’t change the significant challenges it faces as an airport. The BOH business park accommodates mostly aviation related businesses. Big difference.