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Old 6th Sep 2010, 19:53
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I would imagine that most enthusiasts from "this neck of the woods" think that DSA should have never been allowed to happen at all. This area was quite adequately served by MAN (long haul), EMA, LBA and HUY. It was a political decision because they thought a long runway would achieve a lot of business from outside of the UK. I think it has been proved that they were wrong.

If of course they were adequately served you'd have to ask why HUY has only seen a 3% increase in pax this year regardless of runway length. DSA has seen a 27% increase.

It would appear then on simple 'most enthusiast' counting numbers stuff that the airport that's not needed in Yorkshire is Humberside with such a woefull performance, regardless of runway length.
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