Nice bit of encouraging news in this time of doom and gloom for aviation. 300million ? Won't see any change from that! Massive infrastructure development required to pull this one off, but, if they do it properly it could work.
Airfreight has had a massive wakeup call during this Covid 19 period with belly freight almost non existent due to the rapid reduction in passenger flying. The other companies that tried before got it totally wrong and had different agendas which is why it failed twice.
There will be none of the old smokey, vintage aircraft operating into there as they've all been banned from UK airspace for a number of years. Before the 'Manston knockers' pitch up with their 'no catchment' and poor road links argument if the price is right , they will come. I know people that drive to Scotland to save £500 on a summer holiday when the Scottish schools go back when ours break up. It's all about service and cost. Good service and cheap cost will win out every time with operators and the public.
Manston played a massive part in my life and career and I hope that the new owners get it right and are a success.