Barling - with load factors in the region of 25%, the Southend-Chateauroux route is clearly losing a lot of money. An ordinary commercial airline would probably be cutting the route - my understanding is that public sector organisation in Chateauroux is providing some sort of commercial support to IGAvion / Skytaxi. Why would French public sector effectively want to subsidise visits to Buckingham Palace and also provide glossy magazines on the plane promoting Chateauroux as a tourist destination ?