Carol Benzie was interviewed before she stepped down last week, & she said some very sobering but realistic things about trying to entice airlines to ABZ. Perhaps things we know already:
https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/...y-flying-high/
1. We - and the airport - still more or less wholly reliant on the oil price to increase business traffic (one wonders where the diversification is, eg. inbound tourism - we are still relying on the business offering);
2. Catchment area insufficient to expect routes to here, there & everywhere (& of course many airlines & routes have come & gone over the years);
3. Looks like the loss of Lufthansa was the biggest blow, but if things pick up again she doesn't rule out them returning some day.... I doubt it myself.
I know the things she said we all likely knew already, but I thought it was an interesting insight nevertheless.