Agreed about Flybe, they were a huge loss for BHX when they went under, of course not long before TCX went and prior to that ZB. So BHX has done well considering the hit it took losing three major carriers and that was before COVID decimated air travel in 2020 and for a long time after.....
S24 is looking positive at BHX with a good range of increased frequencies and new destinations plus Pegasus as a new carrier. BHX has clearly had a major strategy rethink in terms of it's approach to route development. It has clearly struck a good deal with FR and has pulled a blinder with the EZY base. Those 3 aircraft could have easily been redeployed to existing bases
As for BRS, don't run away with the idea it's about an affluent catchment. Parts of Bristol and west Somerset (Weston, Bridgwater etc) are as deprived as parts of the West Midlands. I think BRS figures are good because the airport also pulls in huge footfall from Cardiff and south Wales, given that Cardiff airport has such la limited range of flights