Balfour Beatty own Exeter don't they? Just curious as to what they're like because they just became red-hot favourites to take-over my local airport, Durham Tees Valley, and I want to know if things just got better or worse for us...
I didn't know they were in to airports (owning rather than building), but they are a large construction firm with various interests, including LHR T2, publicly quoted so plenty of info out there.
However, there is a big difference between EXT & MME
afaik - the former is a thriving regional airport with the right airline offering good range of routes, using the ideal aircraft for the regional market. MME is struggling, and if there were deals to be done to bring someone in, wouldn't Peel, who already have plenty of loco activity at LPL have done them?
I know exactly what BB would be interested in here at CVT, and it is under the runway not on it. As for MME, how much is the airport worth as development land?