CVT Person - a lot of what you write is true, even if some people think you are suggesting a conspiracy theory. I don't think they have looked at the facts. They are just knocking you without checking.
What now for the airport? If the plan of the current owners was to sell the airport just as soon as the planning permission for the new terminal had been granted, they've got a problem now. I believe that the airport is currently unprofitable, (but I am open to correction), and if this is the case, it is hardly worth anything. £4m or £5m I would suggest, and that assumes that the current business can be made profitable to the tune of £500,000 a year or so - a tall order.
Bearing in mind the aggravation and difficulties in running an airport these days, why would anyone want a loss-making one?