http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/simon-calder-blackpool-becomes-the-latest-zombie-airport-9771912.html
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" Staff at Durham Tees Valley airport, where passenger numbers fell by 10 per cent in the year to July, will look nervously at what is happening on the other side of the Pennines."
Some acne-ridden, spreadsheet addict will have already calculated the comparative value of the land if given over to development. It's no coincidence that Balfour-Betty took over ownership of Blackpool Airport and I'm sure there will be similar 19th hole deals going on with Tees Valley at this very moment.