New plan to stop rot at Durham Tees Valley Airport - Business News - News - nebusiness.co.uk
Interesting quote.
Peel’s strategic planning director Peter Nears said: “We all recognise that one of our most important assets is the long-standing commitment of KLM to Durham Tees Valley and the importance of their service to the area’s economy. That is why, as one of our first priorities, we have worked with the airline to develop a joint marketing campaign aimed at highlighting that, wherever you want to be in the world, whether for business or leisure, you can get there with KLM from Durham Tees Valley. We have also been working closely with our local regeneration agency, Tees Valley Unlimited, to carry out an economic study which looks at increasing our airline services and building more aviation hangers to develop a long-term income. We need to up our passenger numbers, get more airlines on board and develop land south of the airport. We are making losses at the moment and we need to work hard to turn that around in the next few years.”