You're not a sensible bloke are you?
So in your delusional mind, in 10 years, and £25 million in the red later, there's some kind of magic demand from the incredibly wealthy and well travelled Darlington/Teesside populace to grab their suitcases every three months? Now, in your mind, the airport is teeming with 737 and a320 type aircraft, and finally the airport can BREAK EVEN! So how exactly does it make up for the losses of the last two decades?
If their was demand, it would be used. The passengers left before the Airlines.
Best advice Cautious Optimist, Grow up, wake up and stop dreaming. Allow the airfield to downsize and sell as much of its assets as possible. At least then we may stand a chance of it continuing as a well maintained private flightstrip.
Anyway, its pretty obvious that the land is only being kept as a future housing development. Only an idiot would think otherwise.
Wow!
right back at ya pal, takes one to know one and all that...!