Originally Posted by
DHfan
Yet again you're saying they were never going to be able to afford the ongoing costs.
The Heritage Centre doesn't mention that, only you do.
All they are saying is they're being "evicted" from their current location, nothing about overheads, income or running costs.
As it was known to be a short term lease that should have come as no surprise.
I think you will find they
'could not agree on the terms for another lease' which in effect meant that the potential income would not meet the future costs. Cornwall Council are obliged to operate the Airport for the benefit of the Cornwall ratepayers and reduce its operating costs. This has been a well known scenario brewing for some time and to be fair CC have been trying to assist with the situation (at the same time acting within their remit of being a responsible provider of essential services to the area). CAHC are not being suddenly 'evicted' but like many other operations are unable to fund what they would need to stay where they are. The local airline 'Skybus' which had an engineering 'out base' at the Airport has also had to reduce its costs and moved back to Lands End although they continue to 'route' via NQY for the IOS service. No one is pleased that these situations arise, but in difficult financial times it is a basic fact that the local authority has to operate for the benefit of its ratepayers who are the 'funders' for its location. If you choose to base yourself at a licenced civil airport then that is never going to be an economical option, especially when there is limited trade for most of the year. The original CAF soon hot footed back North when faced with the true costs of being there.
Stop Press CC have just issued a statement re the above situation which rather confirms the above scenario. PP