Manchester is also regulated, on the premise that at the time, it was a monopoly provider in the north.
Since the success of LPL, Finningley, EMA etc. MAPLC is challenging the need to still be regulated, arguing that there is now competition in the north. Indeed, even with regulation keeping the charges down, MAPLC is
still losing out on price to other airports, even after Mr Spooner dropped prices even lower than the regulator demanded.
