Over 100,000 signed the petition in a bid to save the airport
to evaluate the site’s future, after airline Wizz Air withdrew services from Doncaster Sheffield Airport and left it with just one active base carrier in the form of TUI.
Members of the GMB Union were joined outside the Department for Transport by Labour’s shadow secretary for climate change and net zero, and former party leader, Ed Miliband on Thursday – as the petition was handed in to parliament. “We need the Department of Transport to step in and make some extra cash available until the right buyer is found. The people of South Yorkshire deserve an international transport hub.”
“The Prime Minister promised to protect the airport and has the power to prevent its closure but has so far refused to lift a finger.
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