Political leaders in South Yorkshire are confident that Doncaster Sheffield Airport will reopen.
Owners The Peel Group shut the airport in November, claiming it had never made a profit due to a lack of passengers. South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard and Doncaster Council are attempting to find a new operator who can reopen it. They are also urging The Peel Group to lease Doncaster Sheffield Airport to a new operator, but said the council will use a compulsory purchase order to buy it if no deal can be reached. “We’ll keep fighting,” said Mr Coppard.
But it also stated that “work done to date suggests that reopening DSA is feasible and would bring significant benefits to Doncaster and the wider region”. The council, which has declared a climate emergency, has accepted the move would lead to a large increase in harmful fossil fuel emissions. “Airports are a significant contributor to global carbon emissions with a negative overall impact on climate change,” it stated in its report.
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