BAA Ryanair
sky9, the usual technique to impound an aircraft is to paste the Court Order on the front door, and then park a snow-truck just behind the main gear. Effective, but not great for a long-term customer relationship.
Regarding the development of STN, the area of land that BAA have identified for G2 (Terminal 2 and Runway 2) is huge. A 2.2 km spaced runway and land for the terminal in the centre of the runways. It's a massive project, likely to cost around £2.0 bn, major difficulties, especially as Government policy is changing.
If you were a Board Member, sitting in Spain, talking to your bank, would you give BAA money to spend on developing STN? Especially when BAA are attempting to sue their major operator RYN for non-payment of landing fees, ESY and RYN objecting to STN G1, and a massive planning battle to develop new runway capacity as part of G2.
If BA were there, then maybe, but they won't be. R3 at LHR looks like a better investment, although just as difficult a task for Ferrovial. Maybe STN has reached its level as a major UK airport?