Originally Posted by
Redshank
It's absolutely farcical that it wasn't viable. The long runway is big enough for long haul and the infrastructure around it makes it one of the most accessible in the UK.
Unfortunately, the airport has been in the hands of Peel Group who are little more than glorified asset strippers. Their agenda was clearly to suck in local authority investment into the surrounding infrastructure, price out airlines, close the airport on the grounds of "unviable" then make a killing selling off what was now prime development land.