Would people please stop attributing 'nothing appealing about STN' to me. I think it is a daft claim said by others.
What happened in the 1960s, Heathrow, business travel, connections are all irrelevent.
What is relevent is what happens now, in 2011. That is a market of leisure, VFR, second-home owners, 6-7 million people in easy reach of STN but a long drive from Cornwall and just 200 seats per week to fill. That is what makes STN appealing.