XH558...

[stevemcs]

They always seem to be doing that, how many wings has it got ..................................?

[PurpleTurtle]

Maybe people think ‘having your name up in lights’ means its brief illumination from an oxy acetylene torch when they come to carve it up?

[SydneyBridge]

Doncaster airport to reopen

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorksh...

[Tony1963]

SydneyBridge said:

Doncaster airport to reopen

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorksh...

Or: is one step closer to reopening.

[aeropilot]

SydneyBridge said:

Doncaster airport to reopen

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorksh...

I wouldn't go that far........they have to find and appoint and operator and find an investor yet for that to happen......and it will require a HUGE investment given what will have to be installed and/or fixed and repaired on a site that has been stripped or dormant for so long..........

So, while the lease agreement is good news for '558's survival......for a while yet, the airport re-opening is by no means a certainty, or not in the form it was previously at any rate.

[Chrisgr31]

Tony1963 said:

Or: is one step closer to reopening.

Indeed. Just look at how long it is taking Manston to reopen

[surveyor]

aeropilot said:

SydneyBridge said:

Doncaster airport to reopen

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorksh...

I wouldn't go that far........they have to find and appoint and operator and find an investor yet for that to happen......and it will require a HUGE investment given what will have to be installed and/or fixed and repaired on a site that has been stripped or dormant for so long..........

So, while the lease agreement is good news for '558's survival......for a while yet, the airport re-opening is by no means a certainty, or not in the form it was previously at any rate.

They are in active discussions with Operators / Investors, with the rumour from a source who has generally been quite accurate, that they are close to an agreement, and that they are well experienced in the business space. Time will tell.

ETA - Statement from 2Excel - https://www.2excelaviation.com/future-doncaster-ai...

Edited by surveyor on Friday 22 March 21:56

[Tony1963]

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