Re An American Carrier at DSA
First, can we please drop the name calling, just call it DSA in the same manner as every other airport is referred to.
OK, with regard to an American Airline at DSA, before you all scath at the Robin Hood link, what you all fail to forget are 3 very important facts:
1. Within a 1 hour dirve of the airport are over 400 US based companies ... lots of nice business traffic
2. The pilgrim fathers, founders of modern day America originated from about 2-3 miles from the Southern end of DSA's runway .. a major tourist attraction for the states (it is estimated several million Americans a year travel to Europe to research this history). THis also links strongly into the religious history of the US. here we have our inbound tourist traffic
3. The US remains one of the most popular destinations for UK holiday makers, or a transit point. Here we have out ourbound leisre.
So, is it any wonder that without a direct flight, the US managed to be the largest scheduled market from Yorkshire in 2003. Imagine the yield an airline could attract by offering a fligth direct from the region ...