Well said MDIS. I made that point some time back, not everyone that comes to England wants to end up in London. I am sure that there are other tourist destinations other than London. As you said the idea is to take some of the load away from the big three, so it seems that an already built airport, thats ready to go, would be a good place to start. I am sure that not every passenger carried by EUjet came from Thanet.
Lets hope something comes about soon, perhaps Boris Johnsons visit will put a bit of government interest into Manston and who knows maybe a bit of cash to spend on some good
PR. Still I wont hold my breath!!