I've had a dwell on that point. I am a senior manager of a large company in a very competitive industry. If one of our competitors opened up in in close proximity, trying to take my customers then I cannot see any grounds on which I would be able to object. At the end of the day the customer has the choice, I generally choose Coventry because the product is better. If Coventry want to enhance their offering to me then what right have BHX got to interfere?
I appreciate that aviation is not quite as straightforward as this, however I fail to see what right BHX have to be protected by the government. If the airport is so great then it should beat Coventry on merit, not through the back door. Presumably some of this would have been influenced by a long term aspiration for BHX to expand their controlled airspace into an area that Coventry might also want to use.
Last edited by groveaviation; 21st Jun 2007 at 08:33.