Originally Posted by highwideandugly
So are you saying PEEL have done a uturn and are now actively looking for flights to operate from DTV?
You need to get your facts straight, they never were not actively looking for flights, but in this day and age airlines pay next to nothing and that's not practical for airports such as ours, whereas Newcastle and Leeds et al can recoup costs from duty free concessions / car parking etc. The public scream out for more flights then when we have them don't use them so they'll never get flights / retail outlets in sufficient volume to counteract one-sided airline deals. It will change eventually, airports will start fighting back, but until they do, we're just going to have to take whatever is available. Ironically, if Peel manage to pull off the masterplan in full...and so far they are albeit slower than expected...that might be the wake-up call other airports need.
I suppose I'll get shot down now...
