Come on Blackpool! Take the rose tinted glasses off.
I cant believe that they are charging GA handling fees! Take a look at the other airfields around that are doing well and you can not get any hangarage for GA because they are full! ie: Sleap, Sherburn, Breighton, etc and Church Fenton opening up later next year for GA.
Landing fees for a PA28 should be around £12.00 with parking free for the first 4 hours, lets encourage people to fly in and spend some cash in B/Pool either the pleasure beach or other attractions. Allow discounted landing fees, buy a contract of 25 landings that include free parking for £250.00. Ronaldsway have a similar scheme and it attracts custom. Have a similar scheme for light twins, that will encourage circuits to be flown at Blackpool instead of owners heading off to other airfields to conduct them.
There are well established clubs at Blackpool with good maintenance facility's, let them try and flourish instead off every few years looking at grand schemes of large commercial traffic that historically never lasts and is a drain on the airport.
The area has lots of opportunity's in the future with the possibility of fracking
that will need good transport links, lets hope the airport and management team will start to get back on track and not strangle the place with excessive fees and bureaucracy!
P.B.