Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
The owners certainly aren't interested.
Apologies for being overly pedantic, however I do think it's important to distinguish the difference between "owners" and "leaseholders" in matters like this.
As far as I understood things, Plymouth City Council would be considered as the "owners" as they
own the majority of the freehold, and by all accounts they want to keep the site for aviation use; SHH are merely the current tenants as they're the "leaseholders" and they have to act accordingly within the terms of the lease agreement. When that lease comes up for renewal, it'll be the City Council that get to decide first and foremost whether they want to keep the site for aviation use and this will be written into any new lease agreement that is presented to SHH. If SHH subsequently choose not to accept this clause, then they can/will relinquish the lease when it expires and the City Council will assume responsibility for the site and need to conduct a tender process in order to find a new leaseholder/operator.
Originally Posted by
AirportPlanner1
I don’t think it was restricted on a -300 or ATR, at least not for any destination that would be realistic.
Air Wales used to operate ATR42-300's on the CWL-PLH route before it transferred over to Air Southwest; if the Q400 were able to have operated from/to PLH on an unrestricted basis, then wouldn't it more than likely have been a base for Flybe 1.0...?!