Originally Posted by
onion
There was me thinking the reason for the sale was to bring in a commercial partner to help raise capital for re development.
I have records showing the airport making money 20 odd years ago. Do you have evidence to say it was losing money 15 years ago?
The glaringly obvious is that a one off sale of land to housing developers is only going to raise a one off figure which may or may not be spent on the airport. On top of this DBC even suggest this would stifle growth, they mention pax growth but let not forget that GA in the circuit will actually be more annoying. After all Peels strategy is now diversification of operations (I'm all for this) but noise is noise and whether it's an airport with 200000 movements and 150k pax or 200000 movements and 1m pax you get the same problems.
I supported Peel when they came, I believed it would be good for the airport, but now I see them for who they are. They have run the place into the ground and this cannot be argued any more! They are after one thing and one thing only development land and to hell with the airport!
Well said onion.....can't agree more....
I've been going up their well over 45 years and never seen the place so bad....
peel obviously know how to run an airport.. (look at Doncaster)... but thiers only one place their running this place.. "that's into the ground"... and while on about the masterplan and south side... this has been going on for years... well before peel come along...
Peel now have a good chance to make something of the airport by doubling up/W flybe flights now that doncaster is a flybe base.. so let's just see what peel do, as if nothing comes of it, then I'm afraid even the so called 'peel lovers' have to question peels intentions!!