Customer Confidence
As has been seen with building societies,banks,travel agents and airlines...once the doubt sets in..then the customer goes elsewhere.I feel this is the big problem now.
Would anyone in their right might risk hard earned cash booking through an airport who,lets face it,its days are numbered?
Im sure KLM Eastern and Cobhams are looking over their shoulders..they dont want to turn up one day and the doors are locked?
My theory is the airport will survive.It will become a private run airfield like Dunsfold and similar were.
Cobhams(buyer?) will import the Hawks from Leeming which will close.The airfield will stop all passenger flights along with the associated costs.It will open 9-5 ish closed at weekends.
Remember a lot of investment is needed even to maintain the current standards.Thr runway is going to need attention soon-the taxyways do now..Stobarts are finding to their cost with Southend that to run an airport takes mega bucks.Why do you think its gone so quiet on the Carlisle development-no will to spend millions only to take fresh flowers to Barra!! So you can discount them.
Interesting times!