Its a pity that the local council wont give the same support to MSE as the council in Notts. look at the success of Robin Hood airport. from a run down ex-RAF base to a successful, modern pax facility in no time at all.
and you are right to piont out that although certain flights from manston were above average load, it is the profit from those routes that count, not the load, some tickets were sold at £1. with a full load this might equate to £106 per movement, not profitable at all.
manston must have full backing of local council, banks and a succesfull lo-co
company to thrive. unfortunately we thought this would happen within a few months of the demise of eujet, still waiting............