Twostroke,
You are never going to get accurate information about Coventry Airport from the Leamington Courier, unless you just want to continue your one-sided anti-CVT rant.
I fully agree with Buster about the lack of public transport, and the airport were quite rightly slated for this in the inquiry report - to the extent that this was deemed as the most significant area for planning concern, not noise.
"Coventry Airport has been found to have acted unlawfully in building its Thomsonfly terminal"
Wrong on two counts, but what do we expect from a paper who's editor lives in Ryton and whose chief reporter has such a clear bias on the issue?
Breach of planning control is not the same thing as an illegal operation, which is why the enforcement notices were ultimately quashed. Terminal and operator are no longer the same entity. As for wasting tax payers' money, since WDC ended up doing a U-turn anyway, they could have saved a great deal of hassle by being more amenable to negotiations much earlier, and if their officials had communicated the need for this better with the committee. Naturally, the locals still aren't happy, but they never will be.
MOP - just exactly what is the "marketing image" of BHX? Granted, it has more developed facilities, but much of today's market is driven by cost, where CVT still has an advantage, combined with convenience for those who want to drive and park their own cars.