New boss pledges to 'save' airport
20.09.11
The new director at Durham Tees Valley Airport has pledged to turn around the struggling hub, NE Business reports. Steve Gill, who took over the role of director of Durham Tees Valley and Robin Hood airports this month, said: ‘There is a market and there is a demand and I am determined to fulfil that demand. We want more passengers and we are listening to what people want. This is a turnaround opportunity. It is an exciting opportunity to reveal the airport’s true potential.’
He said the airport had suffered ‘a couple of difficult years’, adding: ‘all UK airports have had a difficult couple of years. Durham Tees Valley has lost more passengers than we would have liked - from 220,000 to 190,000.’ The airport currently has 90 scheduled and charter flights a week, plus business jets and private flights. It has had 153,000 passengers to date this year.
Mr Gill said: ‘It is a bright future for Durham Tees Valley. We have Newmarket Holidays on board starting new routes to Italy and Croatia e next year. We are making small steps. We are talking to airlines in the UK, Europe and across the world. A large team is going to Berlin soon [for the Routes airline / airport conference]. And we should not overlook what we have in the strength of KLM going to Amsterdam and from there across the world.'
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