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Old 9th Feb 2012, 16:50
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it is VERY feasible and isn't too much to ask for a seasonal one-aircraft base from the likes of TCX or TOM and 850k+ pax per year.
So why aren't they doing it now? Could it be that they wouldn't make any money?

Even if there was zero potential for the terminal, there is infinite other possibilities on the GA side of things, Newcastle have little or nothing and despite Leeds having Multiflight they don't really do air taxi / private charter so you've got to go to either Edinburgh or Manchester.
If there are infinite other possibilities, why isn't it happening?

Then there's the potential for aircraft storage etc.
Potential? So why is nobody exploiting it? What has MME go that Kemble, Lasham, Southend, Bruntingthorpe, Exeter, Manston, Bournemouth, etc don't (apart from infrastructure, skills, etc)?

If MME closes it will be down to conspiracy / incompetence and nothing else.
Really - conspiracy? Can somebody explain how Peel make more money from a disused airport than they would from exploiting a thriving one?
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