Yeah I've seen something related to 2018, but not actually seen any projections of when it turns to profit, what the profit is and what the passenger numbers are projected to be each year.
I've had a look on Houchen's page and the link to the business plan doesn't work, it's a lost 123-reg page.
- Stop the airport from closing in 2021 - easy, if you throw enough cash at it
- Secure a new low-cost airline - not really, and it's now 2024, which airline?
- Secure ten additional routes by 2022 - not really, it's 2024, there are only 5 destinations this week (a busy week)
- Achieve 1.4 million passengers by 2029 - 23 was 30%, even if he maintains 30% increase YOY it's about 1m
- Drive the creation of 7,600 jobs and add £420 million to our local economy each year - lol
- Return the airport to profit - 2024, still losing £5m per year
- Scrap the hated £6 passenger fee - meaningless
- Stop the planned 350-home development - we need houses, could have built 5,000 on there
I would be absolutely amazed if they were able to sell the land for housing, and not have to give the previous owners a massive cut. Thinking you can also buy cheap land from private individuals, bend planning laws to build houses, and to inflate land values is probably also illegal. I would love to be able to buy up some land on the cheap and then assume I'm going to get planning on that, and not have to pay the previous owner, it's practically impossible.
Labour have conceded the Mayor race though, so at least it's going to be interesting.
Lets see what the next few years bring for him, a few investigations I expect. Can see him dishing out a lot of blame to the new labour MP's, councils etc we will be getting. When little of it works, or is proven not to be good value, it's going to be the fault of Labour of course.