Originally Posted by
shamrock7seal
The only way this airport survives is regional flying,
I agree with you that the LCC market won't neccessarily be the golden goose the airport might think it is. But, the problem is, what is the future of regional flying in the UK looking like? Loganair reported a small profit, but it's only a profit margin of 3%. Cityflyer lost £50m* last year and are reducing their fleet. We've no idea what the finances for the new Flybe look like but their load factor is 50%. Hard to see how you make money these days on a Dash 8 flying, on average, 39 people around. (*I accept these finances were based on a covid impacted year so might be different next time out)
The regional market isn't exactly bouncing with opportunities for the airport so they either cut their cloth accordingly or try to entice the LCCs in.