The Scottish Airshow may very well be set for a return to the skies above Ayr as quickly as subsequent yr, in response to the council's new chief.
Martin Dowey says he'll discover "each possibility" to resurrect the occasion in time for 2023.
The present hasn't flown for 3 years following a row between organisers and the earlier council administration over withdrawn funding.
However Dowey, heading up a brand new Conservative minority in South Ayrshire, insists his intention is to fireside up the engines once more.
He instructed Ayrshire Dwell: "I do not suppose there's any doubting what a loss the airshow has been to this space.
"As an occasion, it introduced tens of hundreds of individuals to Ayr and really put us on the map by way of being a vacationer vacation spot.
"These are the type of occasions we want on our doorstep and for that cause we’d prefer to see the present resurrected.
"We’re open to all kinds of concepts about what kind that can take, however as a council we undoubtedly see it working extra commercially in future.
"If there is a chance to generate some significant income for the realm then we should look to maximise that."
The plug was pulled on the present's authentic run in 2019 after council chiefs claimed they'd handed out £80,000 to the airshow's organisers "in error".
They additional claimed that organisers had breached phrases of their settlement — a declare hotly disputed by the organisers — who've themselves insisted that the return of the occasion to Ayr depends on council money assist.
Now Tory chief Dowey has revealed he's keen to make the occasion's return one in all his important priorities.
He added: "We have to put our cash the place our mouth is with this occasion and produce it again, it is so simple as that.
"It might be a case that the plane aspect of issues is handled individually from the landward areas shifting ahead, however these are all discussions for one more day.
"What issues most is we consider a plan to convey the occasion again and showcase this space to the very best of our skills."
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