Teesside International Airport will take over the cargo role that Doncaster Sheffield had - and expects to double former DSA capacity
Teesside’s advantages include its relative proximity to Scotland, and its delivery radius can cover 94 per cent of the UK within six hours.
Larger aircraft are expected to use the airport in the new year to handle bulk cargo. Doncaster Sheffield was famous for the visits of the Antonov carrier planes, including the AN-225, the only one of its kind in the world which was destroyed in an attack on an airport in Ukraine earlier this year.
The airport has ‘unconstrained’ slot times due to a limited service by major commercial airlines. It also has a large runway and fuel farm.Its owners have predicted that it could double the former Doncaster capacity to 20,000 tonnes within two years.relocated its flights to Leeds Bradford Airport, and TUI redeployed their aircraft to other bases. The National Police Air Service is temporarily flying out of Leeds Bradford.
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