Originally Posted by
EGPO
Wasn't Flybe based in Bournemouth at one point or was it Air Southwest?.
Perhaps if Flybe were operating routes similar to other regional airports it may help.
After all is it not true that Southampton is constrained by runway length?.
Air Southwest never operated from BOH and Flybe had a base at the airport for one season only a couple of years ago (it wasn't based there as Exeter is the home base of Flybe)
The runway at SOU does have it's constraints regarding runway length but this isn't a problem for the domestic routes that you have already mentioned.
You suggest seasonal IT flights from the regions to BOH, who do you suppose operated these as their are currently no domestic holiday companies offering internal holidays and flights combined.
The Newquay flights as a comparison are generally seat only and I'm certain that if we have summers like we are experiencing that in the coming years Bournemouth will become more ever more popular especially with the younger generation due to it's active nightlife and attractions but it's definitely no Miami although the beach at Bournemouth is far nicer than Miami Beach which to be honest is nothing to write home about :-)