Totally correct....
Detractors are in a safety time loop regarding the STN market as just local.In the near future when "game-changer" Airbus arrive to market STN will be rightly & readily perceived just as the Capital on Trans Atlantics ,especially to a younger pax profile with access to travel tech not imagined a few years ago,with no dogma & old attitudes involved.
It is as suggested...none of the Primera routes could be classified "niche".
It will be interesting to see views eventually from the same posters concerning other markets when the A321LR goes into service with amongst others BAW & EIN to start.