Ridiculous that the report continually cites Manchester Airport as being easy to get to from Sheffield and quotes 65 minutes - as someone who drives this route every day there is no way you can get from the city centre to MAN in that time unless it's about 4.30am! The route is a winding goat trail over the moors that feeds into the appalling bottleneck that is Glossop/Mottram. More like 70-90 minutes typically.
When you consider all the cities/towns that are smaller than Sheffield and have a convenient local airport it's a crying shame that the airport looks like it's doomed.
It could also mean the end of regular flying for me as Gamston, Netherthorpe etc. are all more than an hour's drive away, which makes even a short flight virtually an all day affair
