Just read the link to the interview.
So the big boys did it and ran away
He sounds inept at best, with every excuse under the sun for his mismanagement of the airport.
The fact is no one forced them to sign those contracts with Ryanair or Jet2.com. Blackpool was a niche destination, to which a lot of people from the North west travelled to avoid the 'big airport experience.'As the loads demonstrated the demand was there.
Denigrating other airports just shows the straws being clutched at to try and save face personally.
That runway will be shortened, don't let anyone pretend otherwise. And in time it will fall beyond repair. Once the clearway is infringed then game over for attracting bigger stuff. A few let 410's won't pay the wages. And Bond are in a position of power now. And they aren't a charity.
Sadly it is forever destined to be a GA field due to this persons mismanagement and his employers greed. BB don't buy airports to run them as airports.
With the loads that were going there no one can say the potential wasn't there to be profitable, were it run by competent people. It's gone too far now though. No reputable operator will ever trust them again.