Originally Posted by
jmdavies86
185,843 passengers used the airport in 2018, a 58% reduction since its peak in 2008, and the airport's lowest passenger figures since 2000. [According to the City of Derry Airport page on Wikipedia]
EZY/FR might be able to make it work as they already have substantial bases at STN, but based on the above data, is there really enough demand to fill a B737/A319?
Well, Ryanair used to operate a 2 daily 737, following the removal of that, the airport lost passengers. You can see this now, where passengers to Stansted are only 54,000 - that statistic was near 150,000 at one point. So, clearly people aren't fussed on Bmi-regional's offering.