Newcastle already have 6 flights a day, deary me how many do you actually need ?
The NE taxpayer contribution like Manchester Leeds Liverpool etc required "upfront" will be colossal in relation to what surely would be the mere promise of 2 possibly 3 extra flights at most.
Try asking Newcastle folk if they would prefer a billion pounds worth of direct investment OR the promise
( nothing more) of those 2 or 3 flights.
I wish somebody would challenge Heathrow who are playing fast and loose with this supposition that domestic feed is a given.
Its NOT.
BA are not exactly going to increase capacity when they have a monopoly and can control pricing linked to the long haul product. They are not going to dilute their position!
If Virgin couldn't make it work I find it difficult to see who else can enter the market ?
You are being sold an expensive pup that you are going to fund upfront for the benefit of Londoners with not one iota of a gaurantee of anything back !