I suspect the maintenance operation is pie in the sky (excuse the pun), what type of aircraft are they suggesting be maintained? If large passenger types the 2.5 million won't build the workshops never mind anything else.
How does giving money to the airport attract airlines do they mean special deals if you come here, is that not what happened with Ryan Air to the exclusion of others.
PSOs, been tried before and only operate until the subsidies are withdrawn or stopped.
Seems like DC 9 is not far of the mark.
Nobody would like Derry to succeed as much as I but throwing money at it will only anger the already angry rate payers.