Surely this ongoing debate as to alternate public transport to Teesside, & that which provides direct access to DTV has by now run its course. Every land based form of transport around & out of the area appears to have been covered in some detail. Accepted that DTV has had its day in the limelight, albeit as the subject of a national joke as to its lamentable rail service, but surely this does not have to keep being used to justify other rather tenuous comments. My view is that it is now all becoming a rather incestuous circle in that ground transportation will only be improved by passenger demand, & without these links & the airlines/services then there is insufficient demand. Bad management initiated the spiral downwards, aggressive management seeking alternate forms of revenue seem to be the way forward as to consolidating and building upon what remains.
Throw away comments recently posted such as
As for Locos , who needs the hassle they generate for very little extra business for the airport concessions .
illustrate all that is wrong in the thought process in addressing the "bigger picture". One hopes that this sentiment is not that of the current airport management.