People here saying the airport cant support air services? Well if the airport was in 2009 UK's Fastest growing airport and merely a year later becomes unviable then something is up. The problem with Air Southwest was that they combined and restricted the number of seats, i recall people saying "well your sat around and stop in newquay for half an hour" its easier to go to Exeter.
The Glasgow, Manchester and London routes were really popular. And the reason they didn't attract more people over the years is because they started putting the price up. I have also heard reports of SHH actually refusing Landing slots to airlines but i am not sure whether this is true or not.
Aer Araan said with an expanded runway they would operate from the airport, however this was back in 2008/9.
Was the combinabtion with NQY actually something to do with Fuel Load?