Doncaster Sheffield Airport staff take 100k petition to Westminster
Airport staff and union officials, who travelled to London to hand in the petition, were accompanied by three South Yorkshire Labour MPs outside the Department for Transport
Owner Peel previously said services at the airport, which employs 800 people, would wind down from 31 October.to keep the airport operating into 2023 has been rejected, South Yorkshire's mayor said. In a statement, Ms Jones said: "[Peel] need to accept the public sector offer to cover their losses for 13 months while negotiations of a sale are progressed and concluded.
They were backed by Doncaster North MP Ed Miliband, Barnsley East MP Stephanie Peacock and Sheffield Heeley MP Louise Haigh.
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