Yeah, low cost operators are renown for demanding a lot of requirements before they move in. Usually it's a shed and a runway long enough.....
The issue with the patience aspect is Southampton's operators are losing millions of pounds a year and are on their latest accounts as saying there is a material concern to their ongoing viability.
The new routes may well be coming soon, but they need to be as the airport needs to return to pre pandemic numbers sooner rather than later.