It's a chicken and egg situation - without commercial flights, noone will be willing to invest in public transport links that won't make money (would you fund a bus to Bagby, or Fishburn airfield?); without transport links to nearby towns/citys/attractions no airline will gamble in the middle of a recession.
I flew into DTV as a commercial pilot earlier this year, nearly 10 years after my first trial flight from same airport. It saddened me to see just 3 departures on the board, at the airport I grew up next to. And even then I was only flying in because the runway at NCL was closed.
Sad, Sad, Sad.
TTR
<Edit: I flew in this year. Seems like last year though! And it is nearly a decade since my first ever trial flight with Teesside Aero Club. Where did the years go?>
Last edited by thetimesreader84; 24th Aug 2009 at 23:46.