As understood that BB had something like a year initially at CoDA to evaluate the potential before commitment so it was a bit of a surprise that they actually took the management of it on.
As cuthere has said the airport is a severe drain on the ratepayers of Derry but not to worry the council will shortly have the ratepayers of Strabane to help out. A local Strabane councilor has already stated that there will be no increase in Strabane rates due to the airport so effectively that means they will find another name for the inevitable increase.
I know that from a light aviation point of view that the present CoDA management have been less than accommodating to say the least, shades of Blackpool it would seem.
The airport is effectively run by MOL at the expense of the Derry ratepayers.