‘VIP’ flights plan at North Yorkshire airport on hold

PLANS to offer charter flights from a former RAF station in North Yorkshire have been delayed.

Owners of Leeds East Airport at Church Fenton in Tadcaster outlined plans to offer up to four daily “VIP” flights to Cannes, Faro and Malaga from next year.

However, the airport said it now needed to apply for an additional licence to allow flights to land at the airport using satellite navigation, the BBC reported.

Private and commercial flights will still continue.

The base was built in 1933 and saw its peak activity during the Second World War when it was part of a network of fighter bases.

It was closed by the Ministry of Defence in December 2013 before being bought by businessman Chris Makin and has since branched out into providing space for film and TV productions.

Some of the interiors for the recent ITV drama Victoria were filmed in one of the hangars.