Originally Posted by
Ernest Lanc's
With respect I wish you would "understand" an airport needs landing fees to survive.
FR I understand wanted to land as a favour to BLK, less that a £1 per pax..
LS would not pay a fair landing fee - now they had high load factors at BLK, so driving BB out of business did them no favours. new routes LS did give BLK, a fair deal they did not,
Yes the fault lies with owners past and present, for not insisting on a better deal.
SCENE: A Routes conference somewhere in Europe.
Ryanair: "We have a queue of airports offering us free landing fees. We'll fly to your airport and pay you £1 per passenger. If you organise your ancillary revenue right you'll make another £5 or more per passenger. We'll bring you 100,000 passengers a year. Think of what you can do with that."
Airport: "No, £1 per passenger isn't enough. We insist on a better deal."
Ryanair: "Ok, fine, bugger off then. Who's next?"
Seriously, how do you propose that an airport can "insist" on a better deal?
They can't force Ryanair (or any other carrier) to fly there.