Onion - I would agree on the whole, but would raise a few points/questions.
1. I know the victorious get to write the history but some of the Mayor's rhetoric gets a bit tiresome - Balkan were agreed with Peel, he didn't save the airport from closure (it was potential closure - the terminology used by Peel was actually very similar to that has been used by the Mayor - in simple terms 'use it or lose it'). Oh, and TUI aren't coming back till 2022
2. The whole Loganair/Eastern situation is 'odd'. It stretches credulity to believe that Eastern launched the services they did last year at their own commercial risk, and then to have another company come and replicate it 12 months later? Then look at London - launch LCY then within weeks launch LHR with no interline agreements. Are they commercial decisions Eastern would have taken on their own?
3. The money being spent - at least £3m being spent in the next few months on terminal improvements for a handful of regional a/c each day and half a dozen 737/320's a week seems excessive.especially 'at this time'. As Highwideandugly has asked on a number of occasions, is this the most effective use of taxpayers money?
4. Where's Stobart? Have they really been given 25% of the airport? For what?