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South Yorkshire options for Irish and Manx travellers

Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield have announced two new routes from the South Yorkshire airport.

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Airline, LinksAir, is set to base an aircraft at Doncaster Sheffield Airport launching new routes to Belfast City and the Isle of Man.

Belfast flights, which start on 7 April, will run twice-daily on weekdays and a single Sunday return, departing from Doncaster at both 7.05am and 5.05pm daily Monday to Thursday, with a 10:45am and 5.50pm departures on a Friday.

Return services will leave Belfast City Airport at 8:45am and 6.45pm Monday to Thursday and at 12:25pm and 6.45pm on a Friday. A Sunday service will leave Doncaster at 5.05pm with the return leaving Belfast City at 6.45pm.

The new Isle of Man service will commence on April 14, operating on a Monday, Friday and Sunday

Robin Hood Airport and M18 link road underway

Work is set to start on a new link road between Robin Hood Airport and the M18, after Doncaster Council finalised plans. The final details of the scheme have now been completed and construction is expected to start in the summer.

Officials say the road will help ease congestion, increase business development and make the airport more accessible. The government agreed to fund the link-road in the hopes it will help create thousands of jobs.

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