Good analysis EU01
People forget that consumers despite all the abuse they get do look at what is easy and cheap for them. They also ask their contemporaries and act accordingly.
Not got any research that underlines the benefit LCC give to an area both in economic uplift or jobs do you.
I don't mean just airport jobs I mean across a region as I believe where airports have not been serviced properly beforehand the starting up of international services has a big economic uplift in bringing income into an area.
People spending locally in Hotels / B&Bs / Restaurants etc ensures the money stays local and gets spread around i.e. the economic multipler.
Would love to see some data if it exists as reckon its more effective than a central Govt or EU dumping €1M in make work schemes with no longer term economic benefit.