Business leaders have urged the government to protect the airspace above Doncaster Sheffield airport.The Civil Aviation Authority has begun downgrading the airspace to the lowest possible "uncontrolled" level.
Three Chambers of Commerce said it was "essential" the airspace was not reallocated to protect the site for a future buyer to reopen it. The chief executives of the Doncaster, Sheffield, and Barnsley & Rotherham groups have written to the Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper MP, calling for the site's current status to be preserved, according to the"As negotiations between the airport owner and City of Doncaster Council are ongoing, and the public acquisition of the airport by Compulsory Purchase Order remains a possibility, we believe it's essential for the airspace above DSA not to be...
"Any changes to current airspace arrangements could jeopardise the process and efforts to protect the region's economy."The CAA has said the managed airspace is due to lapse unless another air traffic control provider comes forward before Friday.The Sheffield Property Association, representatives from the Manufacturing Forum, the Federation of Small Businesses and the Private Sector Board Local Enterprise Partnership also signed the letter.
Ritafle44 CharlotteV seems to think otherwise In her letter to local chambers .. Doncaster and South Yorkshire deserve better savedsa flydsa PeelLandP
Doncaster and South Yorkshire deserve better savedsa
The government coiuld and should have issued a compulsary purchase order - another piece of not wanting to upset money pals is why they didnt support the airport
Flew from there once, last September when TUI shifted us from Manchester. What a crying shame it is lost to the travel industry.
Excellent 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 save_dsa
Meanwhile Leeds Bradford airport and jet2 celebrate a highly successful 20 years of working in partnership
Can we please have a comment of support from Mark_J_Harper CharlotteV or michaelgove ? Is it so difficult for the 3 of you to just say something to support the airport and region? Don’t you care about people and the community? saveDSA
And not forgetting what Liz Truss said at the time to the transport secretary l.. . Absolutely disgusting that the government have done nothing. Cracking airport, and the people that deserve so much better..
Local community and a Facebook group with 21k supporters are also campaigning to get DSA reopened saveDSA saveDSAairspace itsnotover
The reluctance by CharlotteV Mark_J_Harper to help in any capacity to help secure DSA is passed into the hands of a competent owners rather than land grabbers that are PeelLandP speaks volumes .. shameful savedsa
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