Durham Tees Valley Airport bosses have revealed they're pleased with the routes currently operating out of the facility. Airport management say load factors on all routes have shown an increase whilst Thomson have seen growth in advanced bookings for Summer 2013. This is all in response to news that passenger numbers for August fell 15.1% on the previous year. The fig...
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Richard Bowater Appointed Treasurer
FoDTVA today welcomed Richard Bowater onto the Committee team. Richard steps into one of the most important roles of any committee, that of Treasurer.
Like many of us initial members, Richard is an active aviation photographer and already well known to all of us here at FoDTVA. He brings with him a wealth of experience in the role as he's handled the finances of ot...
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FoDTVA: Launched!
Tonight, Monday 3rd September 2012, the Friends of Durham Tees Valley Airport committee held a meeting with Shaun Woods, Airport Manager at DTVA, where we presented our Constitution to him and agreed a way forward for the scheme. Now, following the green light from Shaun, we're going live! Advertising for the support group will begin tonight and any interested persons...
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Airport Expansion Planned
Durham Tees Valley Airport is preparing to submit a planning application to the Governments £1bn Regional Growth Fund to develop the land of the South side of the airport. It is believed the plans will include an access road and the addition of gas, electricity and drainage. It is unknown at this time whether or not any application would include buildings.
MPs have...
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FoDTVA Committee Appointed
Following a meeting organised by Colin Granton at the St George Hotel last night, Wednesday 26th July, we are very pleased to announce the appointment of a committee for the prospective Friends of Durham Tees Valley Airport support group.
The following vacancies were filled:
Chairman - Colin Granton
Vice Chairman - Stuart Reid
Events, Social & PR - David Thompson
E...
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Serco says it will invest in its fire safety centre at Durham Tees Valley Airport
AN international firm, which runs a fire training business at a North-East airport, has re-affirmed its commitment to the troubled aviation base despite a major Government funding snub.
Serco says it will invest in its Teesside International Fire Training Centre at Durham Tees Valley Airport, even though ministers rejected a £4.65m bid in July to hand the airport a vital lif...
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Durham Tees Valley Repositions after Business Review
Following an extensive review of its business, Durham Tees Valley Airport has today announced the first steps toward repositioning itself for the future.
Scheduled daily passenger flights to Schiphol (Amsterdam) operated by KLM and flights to Aberdeen operated by Eastern Airlines are not affected and will continue as normal, protecting the region’s connectivity to key global...
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Durham Tees Valley Airport master plan ready for take off
A PLAN to ensure the survival of scheduled passenger flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport (DTVA) will be published within weeks – amid fears that holiday charter flights could be sacrificed.
The future of the ailing airport has been called into question after a massive drop in passenger numbers and the loss of key routes.
But last night majority shareholder Peel Holdin...
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What We Do
Friends of Teesside International Airport is 100% independent and we are not employed by the airport in any way. However, we were set up with support from airport management and work closely with them to help the airport. We seek to serve in a variety of ways, both in promoting and physically supporting operations.
The ways we help include:
Promoting the airport and its ope...
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Meetings & Events
Friends of Teesside International Airport holds monthly meetings at the airport, and arranges regular events.
These are usually held on the second Wednesday of the month at 6.30pm.
Meetings are a good place to catch up with the latest news from the airport, and our events range from talks to visits at the airport and even trips further afield.
Meetings are only available to pa...
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