AIR TRANSPORT OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT

Development of Doncaster Sheffield Robin Hood International Airport



Development of Doncaster Sheffield Robin Hood International Airport

Introduction

In the history of economic, political and cultural development of any society, transportation has played a strategic role: the movement of people, goods and goods of all kinds, from one place to another. In highly developed, diversified, and modern societies with extensive division of labour, the task of transporting people, goods and goods is done through various means of transport, each of which has its scope, technical, economic and socio-cultural degree of relevance. There are various modes of transportation such as land, sea, and air. This paper deals and focuses on air transportation. Air transport provides mobility for people and goods, and promotes the development of sustainable and the development of an internationally networked society and economy. Currently air transport can be considered an essential pillar of the global society, as pivotal to the routines of society such as medicine and telecommunications, and determinant of social progress and economic prosperity. Air transportation is performed through airport. Airports are air transport infrastructure where aircraft land, take off and park, to proceed to the loading and unloading of passengers, their luggage and cargo. An airport is a defined area of land or water intended wholly or partly to the arrival, departure and movement of aircraft surface. Passenger figures have increased by 45% over the past decade, and have doubled since the eighties; this has been possible because of establishment of various national and international airports. Thus this paper I am going to discuss the development of Doncaster Sheffield Robin Hood International Airport.

Development of Doncaster Sheffield Robin Hood International Airport

Doncaster Sheffield Robin Hood International Airport is an international airport established in South Yorkshrine in England. It is situated in Metropolitan borough of Doncaster, located at the former international airport at Finningley. It is mainly used by people two counties, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Airport was opened in 2005. DSA is the newest international airport of UK. It is approx17 miles away from Easy of east of Sheffiels and 5 miles away from Southwest of Doncaster. It is used for international and domestic services. It has an airstrip. Peel airports operates airport. Peel airport is majorly owned by Vancouver Airport and a division of the peel Group. Airlines flying to Sheffield Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield DSA are 6 (www.robinhoodairport.com). The most popular airline in Sheffield Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield DSA is Transavia France. The currently most common flight departing from Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Sheffield DSA is to Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca PMI. The flight currently more arriving in Sheffield Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield DSA leaves Barcelona El Prat BCN. The cities connected directly with Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Sheffield DSA are 8.

History

RAF Finningley

The origins of today's airport from Sheffield date back to the time of the First World War as Finningly in 1915 as a military airbase of the Royal Flying Corps was opened ...