ALLMCC - I won't so much think that it is a case of BHD management resting on their laurels and waiting for airlines to approach them.
But more a case of BHD not being that desirable to airlines, hence
their lack of committment to starting anything new.
BHD will always be limited to what it can do because of its runway length, operating hours restriction and passenger cap (although I believe this is being reviewed - but a decision is not likely to come quickly or necessarily be the one they require)
BFS has been able to convince airlines such as Jet2 to operate there as it suits their business model, with the 24/7 airport operating hrs they can use the aircraft for passengers in day time and freight at night.
BFS facilites may also entice the likes of Continental to start direct US flights next year.
The BFS commercial team are now in a position to generate extra revenue streams for their business via the retail concessions that they have worked hard to develop over the last 24 months.
This will help to regain the loss revenue that they have incurred from the reduced landing fees that the low cost airlines will have demanded.
Again a position that BHD aren't able to match, as currently, if they did have the capacity to entice another low cost operater to commence flights (say BMI Baby for instance) at reduced landing fees. They aren't yet in a position to maximise the revenue from each passenger via their restaurant and retails offerings as they are currently very limited. Something I would imagine they will quickly address and possibly the reason EGAC_Ramper has heard of talk of a hotel among other things.