Have you seen the passenger figures? In 2017, KLM had a load factor of just 59% on their AMS-MME route. Here are the annual load factors for KLM's other UK routes where it has a monopoly;
Good grief - it's like being back at work, a load of numbers being quoted with no context or analysis! Load factors tell you nowt without any details of what is being paid. KLM could probably fill the flights with lots of loss-leading fares, but this route has survived for years on connecting local industries with the rest of the world - yes "global connectivity" - and we must assume they are happy with the "yield".
In fact, "global connectivity" is the one thing that everybody in the DTVA saga agrees on.
In normal times, the mayor meeting with KLM wouldn't be an issue, but it really is time for him put up or shut up. He got elected on a manifesto which included sorting out the airport, but so far he's done nothing but stir the pot and damage confidence, and has yet to explain how he intends to buy something Peel don't want to sell, where he's going to get the money for it, and what he's going to do with it once he's got it.
Whatever, KLM must be rubbing their hands...