Continuing to spend money on airport infrastructure and route creation / passenger growth during a deep recession will usually lead to financial loss in the short term. Once a certain core amount of passengers are flowing through the airport year on year spending money in retail outlets and in parking etc then losses will turn into profits. This is the mid to long term plan that the airport has.
Spending nothing on airports to better infrastructure and to increase connectivity will also lead to financial loss but also could lead to the complete demise of the airport. This is a very real risk at durham tees valley.
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