Since when is:
hopeful of securing a new service
the equivalent of:
nevertheless it's more or less a done deal
???
You might want to check out this too....
Ipswich Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlisle is on it's chinstrap, Dundee is losing £2.6m a year, Manston and Lydd are close to London and benefit from substantial GA and some charters.
GA in the USA is on another level compared to the UK or Europe due to much lower cost of ownership and operations so its not really a level playing field for comparison.