When it was announced was the airport not still owned by the Spanish company, maybe this was done at the time to prove something?
However considering the airport is owned by an American company surely another deal could have been reached with an American airline
Maybe it's too early to say but seems yet again we won't have a direct link with Canada this summer
No, owned by ADC & HAS (now Airports Worldwide) at the time of announcement but I don't think it would have made much difference as there wasn't too much notice before the decision was made. Don't forget they stopped several services at other airports for the same period as well so it will be an economics based decision. Hopefully with better planning, it won't happen again in '16.
Airports Worldwide is actually backed by a large Canadian pensions fund, so it surprises me too that Canada isn't on the cards quite yet (although I'm absolutely sure they are working on it)
All in all, there seems to be a bit of impetus at last. Lets hope it continues.