Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
Jay Sata - you don't do the credibility of your argument much good if you repeatedly spell the name of the place wrong (or is it just me it irritates?)
It was 'Teeside International' until 2004 and all my old log book entries are for Teeside.
There is an old saying that you can put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig.
This tendancy for small UK airports to try and big themselves up as 'International' is just window dressing.
All of these marginal east coast airports suffer the same problem. Because they border the North Sea they only have 50% of the catchment area of a centrally located facility.
A licensed public airport costs a small fortune to run even when there are no flights.
If there was a market Ryanair or Easyjet would be there.