unfortunately, for those of us who want an airport on our doorstep, for obvious reasons, 24 years would seem to be right. a swift return to operations was always a dream. I thought that Infratil found that with the almost nil return from Ryanair flights out of Prestwick it wouldnt be offering Manston as another loss leader otherwise Ryanair could have moved in some years ago.
onwards and upwards
p.s.
keep looking for the support manston airport group, can anyone supply a link ?