Sunderland Airshow 2022 has been cancelled for another year due to ongoing uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic.
Sunderland City Council confirmed today that the annual event will not go ahead and that it was rethinking its event programme.
The event, which was due to take place this summer, would normally attract thousands of people to Sunderland's coastline at Seaburn and Roker.
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But continued uncertainty around the pandemic and the impact it has on planning for events has led the council deciding to cancel the event for the third year running.
The leader of Sunderland City Council, Coun Graeme Miller, said: "We know from our own experience and that of other event organisers over the last 22 months just how difficult Covid makes it to plan for events, particularly when it comes to large scale events with a long lead in time such as the Sunderland Airshow.
"Because of the nature of the airshow and the infrastructure and contracts that need to be put in place to support it, we have reached the stage where we would need to commit now to allow the event to go ahead this summer which we just don't feel able to do that at the moment.
"It simply doesn't make financial sense at this point in time to make such a commitment given the current uncertainty around the pandemic and the fact that we don't where we are likely to be with Covid come the summer.
"However residents can rest assured that events remain as important to this city as ever as our own events programme and those of our partners continue to grow and evolve, attracting exciting new events which appeal to residents and visitors alike."
Sunderland Airshow was first held in 1989 during what was planned to be a one-off event.
It as become a much-loved annual event for people of all ages who travel from outside of the city to see the show.
