Originally Posted by
LEEDS APPROACH
If you're not the Transport minister and it turns out you're just a Humberside enthusiast then I'll be respectfully disagreeing with you.
You don't need to be Transport Minister to have a bit of commercial awareness. Not sure what Humberside (or being Transport Minister)has to do with it, but thanks for attempting to ignore the main points..
LBA is less than ideal in its location and facilities, but it works. There is no scope for a Manchester style international airport in Yorkshire.. That boat sailed in the 60's.. I'm not sure where the multi million pound investment is coming from to turn CF into an airport capable of handling the type of traffic you keep alluding to? DSA only got it because it qualified for EU objective one funding. CF would need a runway extension of at least 3000 ft to handle anything bigger than a restricted 737. The current road connections are worse than the ones connecting LBA..
So not really much going for CF if we're looking at it from your perspective, but if we're being realistic it has the potential to become an excellent GA facility for Yorkshire..