PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - DURHAM TEES VALLEY AIRPORT - 5
View Single Post
Old 16th Oct 2010, 11:08
  #893 (permalink)  
ConstantFlyer
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: On the flightpath
Age: 61
Posts: 355
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
There is a fundamental problem with airports like Teesside and Finningley: they are now in the wrong place. Years ago when they were built, they served the purpose for which they were built. Those purposes have changed, but unfortunately it's now quite difficult to put the runways where they really need to be. I've always thought that airports should be part of regional transport hubs that bring together air, car, rail, light rail and bus facilities, so that people not only have smooth easy transfers from one means of transport to another, but that they also see how easy it can be to get to and from the airport. I for one would like to see a city centre airport in every city catering to business, commuter and inward tourist traffic, linked by air or fast rail to larger out-of-centre leisure and long haul airports.
ConstantFlyer is offline