Originally Posted by
RobinRed
Ros Jones has an early termination clause
Why wouldn’t she/they? Would be irresponsible to tie the City of Doncaster into a legally binding agreement to pay £££’s to Peel for 100+ years irrespective of whether the airport becomes viable or not. Peel will similarly want a break clause and may even want an element of oversight.
Still too many variables to be getting excited just yet. Will those 15 or so interested private sector investors actually take up the offer in real terms? It’s one thing expressing interest, another entirely actually committing anything. Will Peel agree to a leasehold on the site considering their previous reluctance to accept further public subsidy on this project? Will the funding become available to CDC, particularly after any assessments of the site to gauge reopening costs as I understand this hasn’t actually been completed yet?
Think the question of who may operate from there is a moot point at the moment, lots could change in two years. However, cannot imagine the CAA keeping airspace as is, as any reopened operation would need to apply for airspace as fitting of a what a reopened airport may look like in terms of traffic (including realistic projections, not some plucked from thin air figures) as there will be kick back from the GA sector and potentially other airports. My guess is it will not justify Class D, at least not from the outset.