HUMBERSIDE - 2
It seems odd though especially with its location that it's never expanded much . It's close to the motorway and has hull just over the water ( Though they might have been better buying somewhere like brough) but still it runs almost the same number of flights year round . Not many if any winter holiday flights . Is there any scope for expanding ? Can it take 767/777 for example or larger even ? . Their Masterplan does show expansion of the apron but it seems quite constrained . DSA of course and as we gave discussed to death elsewhere has acres of extra room. Yet HUY established for years hasn't clung onto what it had . Dublin ought to be a good route . Cork and Shannon as well . ( DSA for them too of course ) but being close to Hull and Scunthorpe gives it a good footing to do better . Klm must stay due to the helicopters . But If it got closed by for whatever reason could DSA handle or be in reach of the helicopters or do they alone make HUY uncloseable . I like HUY ok the terminal Is old but last time I went for a nosey back in 2007 it seemed friendly n welcoming . DSA is almost a austere as some of the places it serves used to be in the cold war .
In terms of routes how about Edinburg or Glasgow or even highlands airports such as Inverness and sumburgh . Sumburgh of course is heavily oil . They could run the Emb up there prob be an hour m a half flight straight through . Might be a niche idea . Heck even stornaway all these have oil related Nd fisheries stuff . Seems a wasted opertunity .. So what do you reckon pug ? Bring those routes offer in turn onward connection to holiday routes by changing to a tour operator at HUY . Sumburgh n Stormoway direct links and Inverness tourism route .