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The
public inquiry lasted six months - the biggest in Doncaster's history.
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| You
may be able to fly to cities like Paris from Finningley |
It
finished a year ago and the government has been looking at the evidence
ever since before finally reaching its decision.
New
York, Paris, London - Doncaster?
Peel Holdings want to operate flights to major European destinations.
The
runway at Finningley is also long enough to cater for flights further
afield to the US or Caribbean.
Facts
and figures
The airport will cost £80m to build.
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| Finningley
will be similar in size to Manchester airport |
It
could be operational as soon as 2004.
It's
hoped the airport will create 7,000 jobs.
Finningley
will aim to handle 2m passengers each year by 2014.
This
would make it around the same size as East Midlands airport, Leeds
Bradford and Liverpool John Lennon.
Manchester
airport by comparison carries 18 million passengers a year. Heathrow
has 65 million a year.
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