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Old 12th Jan 2017, 12:18
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Originally Posted by Barling Magna
I don't think anyone is seriously concerned that Stobart Group will bankrupt themselves over SEN. The real concern is that they will give up, sell SEN on to a new owner which owns LCY or STN and they will run the place down - this has (allegedly) happened to SEN before.
But to do that to an airport that is no more than a minor irritation to either and can never be a threat in the overall scheme of things would only make sense if it was dirt cheap, and to be dirt cheap it would have had to declined to the point where it wasn't even a minor irritation anymore.

But why are we considering this? Are we not all singing 'In a brave new world, with a handful of planes, we'll start all over again.........'
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