 The closure will be a massive blow for the local community, both in terms of those who used it and the 800 people employed there. It has caused great anger by those in South Sheffield who feel let down and left behind by the closure, which former PM Liz Truss pledged to stop at the start of her premiership. "I'm disgusted. It's a waste of a good runway," one holiday-maker told BBC Look North at the airport on Saturday. "A lot of people use it. The crew on our flight were on their penultimate flight and they were in tears." Peel Group announced last month that it would close at the end of October due to a lack of financial viability. A petition of more than 100,000 signatures calling for the airport to remain open was delivered to the Department of Transport by MPs Louise Haigh and Ed Miliband earlier this month. Doncaster North MP Ed Miliband helped lead the protests ( Asadour Guzelian) Last week Shadow transport secretary Ms Haigh, Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley, called on the Government to stop the cl){kind=link}
The last flight – to Katowice in Poland – left Doncaster Sheffield Airport on Saturday as the South Sheffield travel hub is wound down by owners Peel Group despite protests from workers and users of it
The final flight out of the best rated airport in the UK took off this weekend ahead of its closure.
The plane departed at 10.55pm from Doncaster Sheffield Airport on Saturday for Katowice in Poland.
In doing so it marked the start of the end of the airport’s operations after owners Peel Group decided it was not commercially viable.
A final few flights are due to land at Doncaster Sheffield this week before it is shuttered for good.