I notice there are still signs to "Teesside Airport" drew my attention, though I expect they won't be needed in any form, so there's a cost saving no need to get any paint out
The row about who was to pay for changing the road signs from Teesside to Durham Tees Valley which kicked off years ago was one of the early signs that things weren't right
Interesting to look at the pax stats for August 2003 (year Peel took over) - figures from the excellent DTVM website.
Int schedule - 18,411 - bit more than now! still KLM AMS plus RYR DUB
Dom schedule - 14,439 - mainly BD to LHR (give or take a few this is the same as Aug 13 total throughput!)
Int Charter -
46,669 - totally collapsed to less than 2,000 in Aug 13.