A Doncaster Sheffield Airport employee from Nottinghamshire who aspired to work there as a child has been 'devastated' by its impending closure. Josh Brown, 31, started working at airport as a security guard 12 years ago, before being promoted to airfield operations officer five years into the job.
"I was interested in what the airlines were and different airports around the world. None are ever the same. They all have their own distinctive feel and Doncaster was something new. I remember the potential we all thought it had and still think it has." Managers at the regional terminal, serving 1.4 million passengers a year across 54 destinations, had been in talks with government officials about a rescue plan. Yesterday a spokesperson for the Peel Group said these hadn't delivered "any tangible results", and following a strategic review, the business was declared "unviable".
They made no mention of government intervention. The GMB Union, which represents staff at Doncaster Sheffield, slammed the decision to close, saying it is "absolutely vital to the South Yorkshire economy".
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