I'd love to see commercial scheduled passenger flights at Chester - I really would. In the last 2 years I've bought tickets out of Oxford, Cambridge, Manston and Shoreham to show some support and have a ticket booked later this month on Links Air. I henuinely believe the UK is too London centric for the country's own good
However I just can't quite see Chester - IoM working; the only big financial I can think of are the back office and IT for Barclays and Bank of America - mainly behind the scenes and not customer facing. I don't see how wealthy suburban exiles from Liverpool and Manchester living onshore in the UK would need offshore services on the IoM
With Liverpool and Manchester airports close by and offering frequency, can a Chester - IoM route really compete ?