It is not really about how many houses or what the land is worth. Not at all.
It IS about the Billions of £££s that have been squandered [or rather given away to MAN, EMA etc etc}. Economic suicide!
Directly because the airport is in the exact wrong location to tap its potential catchment allied to the fact that it simply cannot function as a modern 21st century airport. A conurbation this size not having regular (or otherwise) wide bodied flights would not happen anywhere else in continental Europe.
I love the place but as an airport it is a toytown joke.
What will be the next [of a long long line] of route failures due to the above? Leave your answers here.