Doncaster Sheffield Airport on air tourism and environmental issues. On 24 January 2007, the airport featured in the BBC Two documentary "Should I Really Give Up Flying?", with Doncaster actor Brian Blessed fronting local opinions on the issue. Until December 2016, the airport was branded "Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield". The 'Robin Hood' name was chosen for these reasons: Whilst the Robin Hood name remains, future marketing will focus on the 'Doncaster Sheffield' branding. Doncaster Sheffield Airport Doncaster Sheffield Airport , formerly named "Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield", is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley station, in the Metropolitan Borough
Doncaster Sheffield Airport railway station was opened up at Finningley in 1867 on the Doncaster–Lincoln line. It was closed in 1961, but used sporadically over the next twenty years to bring people to RAF Finningley's annual airshow. The airport was opened up to civilian traffic in 1996 when the Royal Air Force left. Reopening the former railway station at on the Doncaster–Lincoln line was mooted before DSA proposed a new build railway in late 2016, with formal talks with Network Rail being held in 2017. The plan would be to build a new section of railway looping southwards off the Doncaster–Lincoln Line, heading through the