Originally Posted by
adfly
Some at odds news from Eastern over the last few days.
- Leeds Bradford to be dropped from 6th March
- Nantes and Rennes have been cancelled
- They are recruiting ATR72 crew for their Southampton base...
Elsewhere there has been mention that Southampton to Manchester may be one of Flybe v2's first routes, with the suggestion that it could infer that Southampton will be a base for them. Also, TUI are no longer using Volotea for Palma flights this summer and instead and selling packages using BA's flights, as they are to some other med destinations as well.
From looking at the Flybe rumours, i would make more sense BHD - MAN - SOU reverse than a base in SOU. All the social feeds you see is crew training for BHD and BHX only. I cant see them opening a base in SOU anytime soon. Eastern must have realised the market has changed and theres little interest in the French routes. They must have fairly good intel within the French domestic market from their previous ops there.