Whatever happens, do the Flybe and flybmi models actually work any more? There seem to be simple economics at play. If you can fill the aircraft with the lowest seat/mile costs, then the route is viable. The tiny sub-market of small aircraft and higher fares for business users is marginal and likely to be swamped by a lo-co the minute the route shows any sign of volume demand. Do either bidders for Flybe aim to change the model to Lo-co or keep it staggering on as is?