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
Transport in Doncaster operated buses in and around Doncaster, Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield. The company was sold to its employees in 1993, and it became Mainline Group Limited. It was bought by FirstGroup in 1998, at first operating as First Mainline but now operating as First South Yorkshire. SYT's head office was located on Amos Road in Meadowhal] and at the time of the company's formation its central works was located on Queens Road in Sheffield, although this later closed. They also have bases at all 4 major interchanges in South Yorkshire, the Frenchgate Interchange being one of those. Buses in Doncaster were