Doncaster Sheffield Airport a finishing school for new crews of the larger aircraft in Bomber Command; only a few combat missions took off from Finningley. The Cold War saw the airfield's importance rise when it was used for nuclear-armed Vulcan bombers. Training once again became the priority in the 1970s and 1980s before the airport was decommissioned in 1995. Following the ending of scheduled services from Sheffield City Airport, the former RAF Finningley was reopened as Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) in April 2005, after low-cost flights and rising passenger demand made a new commercial airport feasible. The name of the airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport railway station Sheffield Airport, Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership and Doncaster Council all joint funded a 2017 feasibility study into the link proposal and it has gained popular support from the business community and local MPs. In August 2018 Peel Airports Group revealed that over 90% of those who had been polled in a public consultation were in favour of the project. In the vision for the new station and diversion, the airport envisages six services through station per hour from several operators both national and local. This would put 9 million people within 90 minutes of the airport which would