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World Duty Free Group which runs the Durham Tees Valley Airport duty free shop is to end operations at the airport in October. The firm which runs the duty free shop at Durham Tees Valley is bailing out of the airport. World Duty Free Group (WDFG) has issued redundancy notices to eight staff at the shop, giving them three months notice. The airport confirmed today that t...

Durham aircraft recycling business, Sycamore Aviation, has secured over £750,000 in capital investments to grow the business. The package comes from a syndicate of investors led by FW Capital, which made a £700,000 equity investment from the North East Growth Plus Fund. It will fund the acquisition of aircraft for parts salvage as well as the company’s expansion into the ...

Durham Tees Valley Airport has failed in a second bid to secure government cash to support its expansion plans. The airport was seeking £4.65m from the regional growth fund (RGF) to build a new access road and develop a business park to the south of its runway. Bosses at airport owners Peel Group said it was "extremely disappointing" news. Ten projects around the north...

Durham Tees Valley airport chiefs have described as “extremely disappointing” the news that, for a second time, its bid for funding to support multi-million pound development plans has not been approved. The airport was seeking £4.65million from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund to ‘pump prime’ an overall investment of £46.5million, enabling the construction of a new acc...

Durham Tees Valley Airport is set to become a major centre for the storage, maintenance and decommissioning of aircraft thanks to plans revealed today. Sycamore Aviation, led by local man Kevin O’Hare, has set up its base at the airport and has already begun work on dismantling a number of airliners, using state-of-the art methods to deal with the growing demand for recyclin...

Following our AGM today, FoDTVA are very pleased to announce the following new committee members: Peter Foster - Committee Member Brian Robinson - Committee Member Anne Lacey - Committee Member In addition, the following members have been on the air show committee for a while but have not been displayed on this website until now: Paul Watterson - Air Show Committee ...

The Friends of Durham Tees Valley Airport (FoDTVA) scheme was today unveiled to the press and public. Five FoDTVA members, including the Chairman Colin Granton, Vice-Chairman Stuart Reid, Fundraising Officer Claire Gratton, Events Social & PR Officer David Thompson and Information Officer Chris Smith joined Airport Chairman Robert Hough, Airfield Manager Shaun Woods & C...

Durham Tees Valley Airport chiefs have today underlined the importance to the area’s export opportunities of links to the worldwide air transport network. Speaking today at the North East launch of Export Week, held at the airport, Peter Nears, Strategic Planning Director with the Peel Group, described the Tees Valley as the ‘engine room’ of the North East, contributing £10b...

As stongly rumoured just yesterday, Durham Tees Valley Airport today learned that their bid for £5.9 million of funding for the south side freight and industrial project has been rejected by the Governments Regional Growth Fund. The RGF allows companies to apply for 20% of funding for a particular project, which is then reviewed and accepted or rejected by the Government. DTVA ...

  Friends of Durham Tees Valley Airport are very pleased to announce the appointment of two new committee members. Barbara Jones will take up the important role of Secretary, representing a significant milestone in FoDTVA's development as well as easing the pressure and workload on the remainder of the committee, who had been sharing the responsibilities prior to Barbar...