ROBIN HOOD DONCASTER SHEFFIELD AIRPORT (Britain”s airport with the
longest name) celebrated it first birthday last Friday 28 April and
reported a 12-month throughput of more than 840,000 passengers.
During this period it achieved the distinction of being the first and
only airport in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the Humberside area to
offer direct non-stop services to long haul destinations in USA,
Mexico and the Caribbean. Over the next year the passenger figure is
expected to climb through the one million barrier. The airport says
that inbound traffic is 15% of the total and growing, with a target of
40% similar to sister airport Liverpool John Lennon, also owned by the
Peel Group. Currently the airport serves 12 scheduled and 30 charter
destinations.
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