Two years after it closed down, Doncaster Sheffield Airport is on the brink of an iconic comeback. Named the UK’s best airport for 2022 by Which? mere months before its closure, there’s been a long campaign to get the site back up and running.
So far, there’s been some positive progress. In February, a whopping £138 million was pledged to reopen the hub and last month the council agreed on a 125-year lease for the site.
Now, in another exciting step in the airport’s resurgence, TUI says that is keen to relaunch its flights from there. The airline was the last one standing before Doncaster-Sheffield’s shutdown, after its main operator, Wizz Air, pulled all of its services.
Ros Jones, mayor of Doncaster, told local media: ‘Following our lease announcement last month, we have heard from TUI that they are keen to return to our airport.
‘We have engaged TUI with the bidders for their return to our airport to be explored and we are hopeful that we will see TUI’s brand back in Doncaster.’
Everything is still to be fully confirmed, but Jones added: ‘With the right operator our airport has incredible potential to truly thrive and be the economic stimulus that we all know it can and should be.
‘Our vision is for a world leading centre for sustainable aviation and the operator will share this vision and work in partnership with us to make it a reality. Once the procurement process is concluded we will make the announcement.’
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