There was me thinking infrastructure assets had to be given time...
Im lead to believe that the airport exceeded initial forecasts during the three years it was handling scheduled services.
Its hardly a conspiracy theory. Peel, a property developer, were given the land for £1.00 which could be redeveloped provided they proved that the airport wasnt viable by 2008. Its quite easy, when you have other regional interests, to 'prove' Sheffield City is not viable. Particularly if you are to remove necessary infrastructure required for commercial flights..
I dont think anyones blaming Peel Holdings for doing what most property developers would do.