Andy-s, cannot understand the reason for your posting other than to antagonsie...
In relevence to what i said, as the thread is titled, i believe that there are too many high aspiring airports in the north. I believe that all long-haul flights should be centred around one hub airport so as to not saturate that particular type of route. In order to be able to do that surely such an airport needs a critical mass as others have posted. I do believe that things will get better and MAN will again find itself in the sole position to claw back these lost long-haul routes, with the others such as LBA LPL and EMA continuing to do what they do best in serving their local cities with good cheap frequency services to European centres?
When i said DSA was not needed, something that many have believed since its conception, surely it is begining to hit home now with the loss of yet another regular service?