The departure terminal at BOH only has 6 gates so they would need to expand that to at least 8 as some flights from non-based aircraft start to interact with the 6-based aircraft. The arrivals hall including the border force area really needs a drastic improvement in order to accept more than two flights arriving simultaneously.
The airport is in need of 1) a hotel to ensure early morning departures for customers driving into Bournemouth from further afield and 2) some sort of improvement to the diabolical public transport options into the airport from the train station.
If the airport has any desire to get close to 2mppa, which is a distinct possibility in 2026/7, then they must do this. Jet2 has already alluded to wanting to put more aircraft into the airport after the initial two and it is very likely that Ryanair will want to maintain its foothold and increase their presence. I still expect Ryanair to launch Belfast services for example.
One airline that may also want in on the action is easyJet. Whilst they are flirting with some destinations from SOU, they continue to operate a dual service from both BOH and SOU to GVA. BOH has the upper hand on this dual service with the most capacity and this is no different in 2024/25. I could easily see easyJet wanting to do some more from BOH as the infrastructure is developed. A complimentary network to Jet2 & Ryanair could be developed including Amsterdam. SOU will not want to damage KLM services to AMS so this is a way in for BOH.
It's going to be a very interesting time for BOH. There is scope for it to be at least 25% the size of BRS when comparing catchment areas resulting in mppa of 2.5 to 3.