Major Business Routes Growth at Doncaster Sheffield Airport! Read the Key Facts Here...

Tuesday, 10 November 2015

From March 2016, Flybe will operate regular flights from Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) to the key business destinations of Paris (CDG), Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) and Berlin Tegel (TXL), establishing a 2-aircraft based operation at Sheffield City Region's airport.

The programme represents a step-change in air connectivity for Sheffield City Region and its business community. So here are the key facts and figures relating to this major milestone in DSA's development as a business airport.

Up to 500,000 additional passenger seats per year

The new Flybe programme represents a massive increase in air services from Doncaster Sheffield Airport, and a major commitment to the City Region from Europe's largest regional airline:

8 new destinations served (including Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin)
42 additional weekly departures
70% increase in weekly departures versus DSA's current programme
500,000 potential additional passenger seats per year
50% increased passenger numbers in the year from March 2016 (projected)
2 Flybe Embraer 195 (118 seat) jets to be based at DSA
60 new direct jobs (and more in the supply chain)

13 weekly flights to Paris (CDG)

2x daily flights (Mondays to Fridays + Sundays), 1 x daily on Saturdays, from March 2016
Delivering global connectivity via Air France/Skyteam onward connections from Paris CDG
Day return flights possible for Sheffield City Region business travellers
Yorkshire's only 2 x daily air service to/from the French capital

7 weekly flights to Amsterdam Schiphol

Commencing March 2016
Flybe is working with KLM to offer interlining access to KLM's global flight network from Amsterdam (i.e. through ticketing and baggage transfer)

4 weekly flights to Berlin Tegel

Commencing March 2016
Flights on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays
Yorkshire's only scheduled service to/from the German capital

18% Year-on-Year Passenger Growth at DSA

The new Flybe operation is just the latest example of rapid growth at Doncaster Sheffield Airport:

2nd fastest growing airport in the UK outside London
18% year on year passenger growth
16 new destinations served since January 2014

Boosted by the new Doncaster Sheffield Airport link road...

The new 'FARRRS' Link Road, which will connect DSA directly to the M18 motorway from 2016, was a key influencing factor in Flybe's decision to expand at Doncaster Sheffield Airport:

£58 million invested in the FARRRS link road through a private-public sector funding partnership
15 minutes cut from all airport journey times with the new link road
25 minutes: the new drive time to Sheffield City Centre when the link road opens