Originally Posted by
RW20
In any other business serious questions would be asked about why and how the airport Paxs continues to decline drastically month after month! It seems that all hope is put on turning things around on a proposed 164 Mtr starter strip.Even if the strip is approved,it's going to take a long time to get back to the heady 2 million paxs of past years.As for 3 million in the next few years,well SOU will need to attract and more importantly KEEP future airlines.
Except any other business isn't like a aviation. Airports rely on airlines actually wanting to offer their product from them. If airlines like Flybe or BA or Easyjet or Lufthansa don't want to place their products there the airport can't exactly buy it from elsewhere like small shop would.