EDI may be an hour away, but DND is a large enough place to have a strong outbound market and with 2 universities and a myriad of computer and games companies in the city I would have thought a strong inbound market too. I suppose the right combination just hasn't been found
I don't think there's a demand issue at DND - It's more of a demand/pricing issue caused by the small aircraft dictated by the runway limitations. If DND had a "normal" runway permitting use of 737s/A320s then I think it'd be doing fine, with maybe a few EZY flights a day to LON.
LGS6753
I suspect your answer lies in the fact that Dundee is in the Socialist People's Republic of Bonnie Scotland (ruled by the SNP) whereas Plymouth is firmly in England.
The article quoted earlier quite stated that the PSO has been approved by "The Department of Transport" - A UK government department, which is most definately not "ruled by the SNP". Indeed, a quick search of the department's site provides anyone interested with a copy of their policy on the matter:
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...cess-to-london
As you will see, as summarised clearly in paras 13 and 14, the UK government policy is to use PSO's to protect air access to London from markets such as DND and they appear to have earmarked funding to support this.
So, I respectfully suggest that you check your facts before making such political statements.