Got to agree with Buster the Bear on this.
Lo-co's expect free this that and the other, woe any airport who thinks they will make any money out of the aircraft (landing fees and so forth), it is all in the car parking and shops. Most Lo-co pax seem to use it for business or short stays and most tend to drive to the airportt they use to depart because the flight is so cheap. So by definition more car park revenue. 189 seats and say 40 of the pax drive and stay for a weekend car parking at Humberside is what?... £10 a day, that is £30 a person/car so £1,200 daily...it soon mounts up. Also abite to eat in the restaurant plus a beer coz they know the ones on the plane cost a fortune, quick bit of duty paid (Gin, Scotch etc coz what you get abroad is not the same!!) and yes lo-co does make money for the airport, but they have to get it right; additional parking, apron terminal works, all of which are huge investments -else disaster looms. We know Ryanair will only run as long as a route works so an airport would look darn stupid spending millions just for the lo-co to pull the plug after 6 months, someting I am sure will not happen at HUY as long as they can turn 'em round in 20 minutes!!!
