Airport News
Durham Tees Valley Airport 'sees passenger numbers plunge'
Thu, 27 Jan, 2011
Durham Tees Valley Airport has experienced a dramatic fall in the number of passengers passing through its gates.
The Sunderland Echo reports that the facility has seen the amount of customers it services fall to its lowest level in the last three decades.
Statistics show that 225,000 passengers made use of Durham Tees Valley Airport from December 2009 to November last year and the publication noted that if this trend continued last month, it would mark a record low in activity.
Robin Tudor, spokesman for the facility's owners Peel Airports, claimed that his organisation is working to try and remedy this situation.
"Commercial decisions taken by airlines often reflect the tough economic times or their individual circumstances," he said. "We have seen it through the years."
These figures provide a stark contrast to those of Sheffield's Robin Hood Airport, which recently reported a significant surge in the number of passengers that it serviced during 2010.