Tbh, I think there's probably plenty demand for air travel in the DND catchment. OK Dundee itself is not particularly well off, but many surrounding areas in Perthshire, NE Fife and Angus could probably provide pax and there is inbound demand to St Andrews/Carnoustie etc. The problem is that the demand is probably quite price sensitive and leaks to EDI/ABZ/GLA very easily. However, cause DND is limited to smaller aircraft flights are always likely to be expensive. I think if DND had a longer runway and other facilities to handle larger aircraft like A320/738s then it could do quite well and I suspect FR/EZY would be sniffing around. Unfortunately that's not going to happen.
The way things are going I do wonder how sustainable the commercial aviation side at DND is.
Last edited by nef; 25th Oct 2012 at 21:21.