Newaviator has it spot on. its clock back more like 1981 after air uk pulled out and the only scheduled service was a daily iom service before up and coming spacegrand built it all up again. mind back then although rig support was in its infancy, there were training flights galore and even pleasure flights around the tower in them there olden days with bateson in g-aynn. at best it might just stay as a ga with pool etc (even back then there were no based bizjets they were just occasional visitors). it was bleak for the airport back in the early 80's but it's even bleaker now cos nobody has any money to gamble. the jet2 relationship i think was the only chance the airport had in its history to be what it was (and more) but clearly the airport considered theIr out of hours operation an inconvenience and weren't interested (mind who would be when they clearly signed a contract with jet2 at the beginning that was not in the economic interest of the airport -who's name was that i'd like to know.0
A TRAGEDY FOR THE AIRPORT AND THE TOWN AND ALL WHO WORKED THERE