Many airports and airlines quote the financial benefits for the area that an airport brings and claim thousands of jobs will be created if the airport continues or lost if it closes . There are even figures floated to suggest that the local economy benefits by £x millions. This is used to justify councils at places places like Prestwick and Derry spending large sums of money propping up dead airports. Many years ago there was an airline with F100s at Manston flying schedules Does anyone know if thousands of jobs in the local community were lost when the scheduled flights ended all those years ago and whether there was a big down turn in the local economy ?
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