I get that frequency will decline, but so will cost.
30 years ago, airfares were high, and people often couldn't afford to fly. The idea of flying London-Glasgow for leisure was generally unthinkable for most people. Low fares and LCCs significantly stimulated the market, and demand rose by a large degree.
Loganair's niche at SOU was because of the temporary effects and affer-effects of Covid. That niche is disappearing. An E145 should be used on genuinely niche routes - not a major city in southern UK to the central belt. Even a Flybe Dash 8 had almost double the seats.
SOU is one of the few non-trivial-sized UK airports to have largely missed out in the past on seeing the commercial benefits of substantial low-cost 100+ seat jet service and the associated passenger demand increase - it needs that boost.
We're not talking here about routes to small rural islands like the Orkneys.
Last edited by davidjohnson6; 25th May 2023 at 13:23.