Sheffield City Airport was in the Tinsley Park area of the city, just off the Parkway, and opened in 1997 but lasted only 11 years. It got off to a good start with airlines KLM UK, Sabena, British Airways and Aer Arann offering regular passenger services between Belfast, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Jersey and London.
A hard-fought campaign to save it failed and the airport officially closed on April 30, 2008 and the site – famously sold for £1 – is now part of the Advanced Manufacturing Park.
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2. Business trip
Tim Scott from Halifax about to board the first charter flight to London from Sheffield City Airport
Photo: Dennis Lound (Staff)
4. Special package
Pupils from Fir Vale School pick up the new sign for the school showing its new business and enterprise status in a ceremony at Sheffield City Airport
Photo: Andrew Partridge