£6m of taxpayers money for 'route development' turns out to be £6m of subsidised landing fees. ( article in The Herald today -
www.theherald.co.uk )
£1.2m for HIAL can just about be justified since HIAL is itself a government body, but the majority going to publicly quoted BAA's 3 Scottish airports with their ridiculously high landing fees to subsidise their retail outlet and car parking businesses is nothing short of scandalous
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What does BAA offer in return? No doubt improved ways to fleece punters as they hop on the 'front-door-to-departure-gate' conveyor belt. (and don't try to sell me any of that 'more people for Scottish tourism' ********* because the money will still disappear into BAA's coffers. Why not just reduce the landing fees to a reasonable level in the first place.
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Somebody prove me wrong.....please.
(edited for spelling - in anger!)