Originally Posted by
pabely
Let's triple your council tax so there is plenty of money to slosh about on vanity projects.
Kick out Ryanair & Wizzair and watch the place fill up with BA, Lufthansa & Air France.
Meanwhile in the real world.......
Simple supply and demand. Fees would rise to match the demand and would balance out those airlines who won’t cough up. A bit like airlines pricing structures.
Why would council tax triple? LRT doesn’t pay the council any dividends anymore due to its massive debts while borrowing heavily from the Council while also having access to a £199m bailout fund.
Guess who is now looking like will fund the expansion to 21.5 million if approved. Here is a clue, not the operator so once again the risk falls on the town’s taxpayer. As with the Dart it could all end in tears even though the airport ends up with a nice new toy.