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  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...

  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...

  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...

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...

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...

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...

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...