Harold compares the post Covid recovery of MME with the rest of the aviation industry but I cant think of another airport that has lost such a large proportion of of its routes after the pandemic yet others continue to grow.
He also reminds us that the whole world shut down due to Covid but this is not quite true as Teesside continued to operate vertually empty heavily subsidised flights. For example in lockdown 3 in Feb/Mar 2021, NCL operated 355 scheduled flights, LBA operated only 70 but MME operated 319. Perhaps there was a Mayoral election due?
He should also perhaps have remind us of the circumstances inwhich Eastern were evicted in favour of Loganair.
Last edited by Grumpy1; 19th Feb 2023 at 22:34.