Well we have been talking about Manston on here for years and years. During that time it has bumbled along the ground, bumbled along the bottom of the barrel, without ever truly getting airborne. Various companies/groups have tried to do something with it..but no go. It is a great shame, as we have always said... as it could bring local jobs and prosperity given the chance. They tried flights from/to allsorts of places from Nice to Virginia but nothing works.
In the end local Nimbyism killed it. Its not just the local council Peter..they are probably just reflecting the latest national disease..Nimbyism. But the affliction is not just local, there are Nimbys a-massing at the gates everywhere. People don't want to build wind farms, power stations, airports, runways even, they don't what to build high speed railways, they don't want fracking, they don't want anything basically...they don't want anything new.
but its a pity.