Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA), with a staff of 800 employees, will officially close for commercial operations by the end of this year, the airport owners confirmed, despite the offer of financial aid from public funds. Going ahead, the airport site will be turned into a logistics and warehousing complex. Peel Group has said that there are no tangible proposals for future ownership and the closure was due to a fundamental lack of financial viability. Robert Hough, Chairman of Peel Airports Group, Doncaster’s owner, said: “We recognise that this will come as a great disappointment to many. The problem remains the fundamental