I know STN is LCC central, but the infrastructure is fundamentally good. It has good ground transport, on-site hotels, lots of parking, plenty of gates, long runway, spare passenger capacity, available slots and doesn't feel like a tin shed.
I don't expect a startup to NY to succeed any time soon, but what would be the major barrier to persuading a big Middle East carrier from opening a daily route in the hope of picking up passengers from North and East of London ?
MAG know STN is overly reliant on one carrier - seems essential that they try to diversify a bit.