Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
The Glasgow/Edinburgh situation is a good analogy, though perhaps not in the way that you mean.
The independent existence of those two airports within 40 miles of each other is an accident of history. No sane person believes that Scotland needs this unnecessary duplication and there has been talk for the last 50 years or more of a single Central Scotland Airport.
But that would mean starting with a clean sheet of paper, which isn't going to happen in Scotland, nor in Yorkshire.
That 'accident' as you describe it has a more accurate term. It is called 'market forces'. When a region has enough people they will demand certain amenities and services. That is why your airport for Scotland has never been built. People in Glasgow are not particularly interested in travelling to Edinburgh and vice versa. More importantly though Yorkshire has a population more than the entire country of Scotland. There is absolutely not a shred of doubt in my mind that an established and connected airport at cf combined with the gradual run down of Yeadon would result in one of the UK's busiest airports. People keep saying show me the figures.. The figures are simple ; 5.3 million people and growing.