The development follows a successful bid by Tees Valley Unlimited to the Local Sustainable Transport Fund.
He said the hospital would have been a "magnet" to attract private investment to the Tees Valley.
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The fund has already been used to help bring a service from Durham Tees Valley to Brussels.
Durham Tees Valley Airport was closed but a spokesperson said it was hoped it would reopen on Thursday morning.
Funding for the new station was secured by a Tees Valley Unlimited bid to the Local Sustainable Transport Fund.
John Robinson, is one of the volunteers for the Tees Valley Christian Charities Forum which is behind the project.
Durham Tees Valley reported a passenger increase of more than 13% in 2005.
Plans to hold an airshow at Durham Tees Valley Airport, the first in more than 20 years, have been revealed.
The Tees Valley bid has the backing of local councils in the area and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
This tees valley metro thing needs to go ahead to give better access to the town with the mainline at Darlington.
Officials from Durham Tees valley were attending a conference in Dubai over the weekend, aimed at attracting new airlines and routes.
The Friends of Durham Tees Valley Airport (FODTVA) is made up of local volunteers whose duties include attending events and advising users.
Local enterprise partnership Tees Valley Unlimited (TVU) is one of 20 areas bidding for powers, including the right to spend local tax receipts.
Manchester and Leeds Bradford airports were closed temporarily, and passengers at London Heathrow, Gatwick, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Durham Tees Valley and Newcastle airports all faced disruptions.
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The trusts will now ask the Board of County Durham and Tees Valley Strategic Health Authority to seek formal permission for the merger from the government.
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The report was welcomed by business leaders but Tees Valley Unlimited (TVU) said there had been a lack of input from the south of the region.
More than 22, 000 jobs could be created or safeguarded in the Tees Valley if the area wins City Deal status from the government, business leaders claim.
The reason companies are sluggish, according to the Tees Valley Chamber of Commerce Manager, Stephen Hood, is that they have grown weary of government invitations to partnership.
One NorthEast said the Route Development Project was available to help Durham Tees Valley and neighbouring Newcastle airports to attract new routes and carriers to the region.
The enterprise zones previously announced were: Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Derby, Nottingham, the Black Country, the Tees Valley, the West of England and the North East.
Mr Clegg announced that the new areas will be: the Black Country, Brighton and Hove, Coventry, Cambridge, Hull, Ipswich, Leicester, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Oxford, Portsmouth and Southampton, Plymouth, Preston, Reading, Southend, Sunderland, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, Swindon, Bournemouth and Poole, and the Tees Valley.
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