Niknak ... But the point I am trying to make is that no one looks after your asset and runs it more economically than yourself. It may well be that after running the numbers a third party operator is the best deal but neither of us I suspect are privy to that information.
In any event the whole future of the airport rests not on this but on what other revenue streams the Council can derive from its asset. It will never cover running costs from Ryanair, Air Southwest and Skybus alone so will either have to develop extra aviation related income or make up for it by developing the property itself to make return.
There is potential but for sure it will not be easy, but it could be done.
If not there is always Culdrose, Truro, Perranporth.....