FairdealFrank, as Manchester Airport has a 77 year history during which, apart from 1939-1945 when it contributed massively to the war effort, it has always paid a dividend to the councils of Manchester, then Greater Manchester and now the constituent metropolitan boroughs, therefore helping to reduce the rates/council tax to be levied I, and no doubt many others here who are better informed than you, am left wondering just what point you are trying to make.