Thomas Frankl, CEO of Airport Development Partners has just been interviewed on local radio about their plans for Coventry Airport.
He said "unless we find some serious dead bodies in cupboards, we will do the deal" at the end of the due diligence process. He confirmed that it is the first airport they have totally controlled.
He said the previous owners had not matched staff with business and they would start with a core team and build from there.
As to what they would do to develop the airport, he said Maintenance facilities would be a high priority (He mentioned this more than once and suggested it might be more than one.)
He said they would use their contacts to develop business aviation and that they would build infrastructure to enable them to develop the freight business - he said their American parent had particular expertise in this.
On passenger flights he was very cautious but said eventually, as the economy improved there could be some "specialist" destinations (he mentioned Grenoble for skiing, but "no Ryanair".)
All in all, pretty upbeat although it sounds as if the initial employment might be limited.