Perhaps worth mentioning that the major trunk routes that Flybe currently operate are capable of supporting a 150+ seat aircraft on a double daily basis - simply because Flybe already serve the route 4 or more time a day already. Remember that to sustain a 10x per week route with an A319 on an LCC, you need 140k pax per year absolute minimum, with an A320 or 738, it's even more.
From Southampton, I'm sure Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and Jersey would be taken up quickly and KLM would be very interested in reopening the Amsterdam route. Some of the other thinner routes might be handled a bit differently - perhaps Newcastle will continue but maybe demand exists for only a 1x daily on an A320, while Southampton-Leeds might disappear entirely
From Exeter, a route to Manchester should continue either 1x or 2x daily, but would routes to other UK cities really interest Easyjet/Ryanair without PSO money being involved ?
Last edited by davidjohnson6; 20th Feb 2020 at 14:32.