Present Day
Dundee Airport has been operating at a loss of over £2 million per year from 2004 to 2007 and in the first full financial year of operation under HIAL, 2008/9, the airport's loss was £2.6 million.
On 12 February 2007 it was announced that, from September 2007, the City Council would handover the running of the airport to Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL). The takeover took place on 1 December 2007.
Any additional scheduled flights at the airport would be limited by runway length to regional aircraft. Larger aircraft used by low-cost airlines, such as Boeing 737s, require longer runways. The largest aircraft that can land at the airport are the BAe 146 and the Airbus A318. The runway cannot be extended under existing regulations.
On 8 August 2008, HIAL and airport bosses announced that they were considering a direct air link to Amsterdam. A survey was conducted to gauge demand but no route announcement has yet been made.
In late October 2008, an article was placed in the Evening Telegraph concerning the possibility of flights to and from Spain. The airport operator had also stated that the A318 is fully compatible for Dundee Airport and could be used to operate these flights.
In October 2012, Loganair announced the closure of flights to Belfast City and Birmingham citing poor load factors and high fuel costs as the reason for closure. Loganair continue to operate a saab 340 maintenance base. Cityjet are now the only scheduled Airline operating a twice daily London City Flight.
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