Airport News
Millionaire wants to buy defunct Sheffield Airport
Thu, 05 Jun, 2008
Industrial steel magnate Andrew Cook has expressed an interest in buying Sheffield Airport as a going concern.
This is despite the fact that it is to be turned into a business park under current plans.
He told the BBC that it is disgraceful that Sheffield no longer has an airport given the city's size and importance.
"So somebody had to step in and do something, nobody else wanted to, so I made an offer simply to keep it there," he said.
"I was prepared ... to give it a go. I'm a wealthy man. I can afford to buy it without having a developed business plan profit."
He said the airport should offer commercial aviation services on a scheduled basis to "important" business destinations.
Peel Group recently took over the airport's lease for a symbolic £1, although it really cost the property and transport company £20 million.