It's really down to Manston to get the prices they charge to the operators right if the want to attract low cost or IT operators and that's where the difficulty lies.
They've got to bite the bullet and be prepared to lose money for 18 months to 2 years before they can build up passenger numbers whilst they increase terminal franchisees, as that's where the money is made - not on passenger taxes.
Hopefully the two recent appointees will sort that out.
Sorry to dissapoint you Deedave, but whilst Newmarket holidays are a relatively small company, they operate a wide range of air travel, from day trips to IT holidays from many UK airports and until it was retired, they were responsible for organising and marketing every Concorde charter flight in the UK.