And if FR are that much hassle then why do airports go so out their way to get them in............
A lot of airports are obsessed with pax numbers. Ryan air will give you the numbers but not the revenue. As an airline they are not really worth the hassle. No airport is making money out of Ryan air to any major degree.
BHX will have the extension and infrastructure works completed by 2012. Thats the target anyway. The demand for Long Haul is there. A business study found that a huge amount of business clients send their people to Heathrow and Manchester and would rather fly them locally if they had the choice.