Re: Sheffield.
Not sure if this is true or not, but when PH's bought the land that Sheffield sits on, they wanted to build a rather large shopping centre, just like Meadow Hall next door. However the council turned them down and said something along the lines of, "the only way you can develop that land is if you build an airport"
PH are in for the duration, so they build an airport as the council ask, but with every intention of eventually shutting it down and building what they wanted in the first place.
In the meantime, they buy Finningley and name it Doncaster-Sheffield (as they are advertising on the local radio atm).
So why would PH have two airports with the name "Sheffield" in them?
It would be of no supprise at all to me in the next few years if Sheffield airport becomes uneconomically viable and gets closed down altogether. They are for all intent and purposes, working on making it that way. As the land is now developed, they re-apply for planning and build something else. (like a shopping centre)
To me it's just one of those things. When a City Council take on the likes of PH, in most cases there will only ever be one winner. While it will be a loss of a GA facility, if the above is true, then it only ever was temporary anyway.
Then you hear of people putting their houses up for sale around Finningley and guess who's buying them?
These are all things I've heard so could be complete twoddle
