Originally Posted by
davidjohnson6
£138 million of public money to re-open DSA ? Is this really the best use of the cash ? Can nobody find any other infrastructure projects in south Yorkshire that would be more beneficial to the residents ?
Wizzair are cutting routes heavily at Leeds.
Easyjet tried and failed at DSA.
Ryanair are big in Birmingham, East Midlands, Leeds, Manchester
Flybe tried and failed at DSA.
The cargo at EMA showed no serious desire to move to DSA while DSA was open.
Jet2 showed no serious desire to move to DSA.
KLM have not shown any serious interest in DSA for many years
So it's going to be a big pile of public cash to subsidise people potentially travelling to Mediterranean beaches in the summer and make-work schemes in winter, while LBA remains open ?
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just close LBA. It’s in a stupid place anyway.
more seriously they have done a lot of work on the value to the region. If it’s accurate it’s sensible to reopen and even better if it turns out that another operator can do a better job.