DTVAirport,
Whilst not defending the management at DTV, as I know not whether they do a good, reasonable or poor job, I think you are niaive in the extreme if you think that airport management can, at will, generate additional flights. The market is turmoil, the passenger numbers across Euroipe and the globe are falling and yet you seem to think that DTV management can wave a wand and make airlines start operating from DTV.
If, and it is a HUGE if, the market around DTV is as strong as you say, then the airlines that did operate would have wanted, and would have continued; evidence suggests that the market around DTV is not strong, hence the airlines' decisons to withdraw.
What are DTV management to do - pay airlines to operate?; reduce operating fees to a loss level? You are good at the negative on the management, what would you do to make things work?
One of the main problems in the UK is that we have too many regional airports thinking that they can all have a viable, growing business. No so.
Too many airports too close together competing for the same (currently declining) market. An example - look at how Coventry got itself bunred over the last few years. Pipe dreams, 2-3 years of living the dream and years of debt to follow.
GH