He perhaps should have said more ‘passengers’.
Sad day for the region and the staff of FlyBe but there is demand and so I am sure that there will backfill at SOU by the smaller regionals. I think that there also is the potential for either Ryanair or EasyJet to take up the Scottish (and perhaps Manchester) routes. Easy could select either BOH or SOU. If Ryanair that would have to be BOH.