Name
Of course the airport had its' 2 most successful years while being called Durham Tees Valley- Changed name in September 2004 Passenger Figures-
2005- 900,035 pax
2006- 906,145 pax
So it seems that those 900,000 pax didn't get 'confused' by the name and it certainly wasn't the start of the slippery slope. The whole area is now called the 'Tees Valley' so some people should really get over the name change and move on and it would be madness to change it back.
However, £1M should have been spent much more wisely and ensured that road signs were correct and websites had the correct name of the airport, instead of taking airlines to court. I wonder what message this is giving out to other airlines??