CW - I agree that the airport should be run independantly of the local taxpayers, as it has been since MAN PLC bought a controlling interest in it.
Its my personal opinion that once Finningly is up and running with all passenger facilities available, Humberside will suffer badly.
I know that there's a new apron being built at HUY to accomodate the charter traffic etc, but the base line for all tour operators is airport costs, and with Finningly encompassing the whole of the Humberside passenger catchment area and beyond, being able to provide facilities for ANY aircraft you'd care to think of, I think they'll go balls out to take every aircraft they can, and once Finningly have them, it's very unlikely that Humberside will get them back.
Incidently, the HUY - NWI - LHR service was withdrawn because it didnt pay.
Although flights were well subscribed, the vast majority of passengers using the service were interlining onto other flights at Heathrow, and consequently Air UK only got a very small percentage of the ticket price.