There is no doubting the aerodrome characteristics of DSA are the best in the North East of England but the vast majority of these recently announced routes are simply taking passengers of established and yet fragile routes in Yorkshire and hence destabilising those routes. Just as when Flybe and Linksair tried Belfast (sometimes carrying 1 passenger) from DSA all that happened was a short term, unsustainable destabilising of existing routes from established Yorkshire airports. Other than population growth, where are these passengers going to come from? Is having 4 flights per week to DUS from both LBA and DSA the best way to solve the problem? No - it's total lunacy. The Prime Minister was spot on when he said "we knew they didn't like other regions but we didn't know they hated each other!". It sums up Yorkshire Civil Aviation. At least Flybe will be in it for the long haul.