Glad someone is in agreement with me.
If Blackpool(town) turned itself around because lets be fair here, it does need a serious makeover then I think you would be looking at a serious increase in inbound traffic. It certainly has good road connections. Has anyone noticed the train station practically on BLKs doorstep. I was only saying the other day that this train station, if given a serious makeover and made to feel inviting would also provide a good link for outbound pax. You don't have to be in the catchment area to use BLK. The price and variety of routes would decide that. These are all ideas but with all of them you can see the huge potential. It just needs someone to make them reality.
I would certainly give it a good 2 or 3 years and see where the airport, transport links and town are at then. I certainly wouldn't knock the airport at this stage when it has only just been taken over. What do people think was going to happen, a daily BA JFK route??
As long as you can physically see progress, remain informed(if you are local) and continue to increase the marketing aspect of the airport function then you can't ask for more.