All I can say is that Baby will need to improve on their punctuality to be sure to take passengers from both Flybe and BACX on the Edinburgh and Belfast routes. Business travellers will not stand for lengthy delays for too long.
Flybe's frequency on both routes will certainly be a bonus to the regular traveller and bear in mind that a full pax load on a Q400 can easily compete in costs against full load on a 735. Another major factor is that the preference of BHD above BFS should not be underestimated.
How else could Flybe have competed against Easyjet for so long if they were not making money.
4yrs plus on the BRSBHD
3yrs plus on the NCLBHD
and more recently on the GLA/EDI-BHD run and they are still around.
I think that the fact that BHX has been opened up for Baby will almost definately clear the way for Flybe to start up on the MANBHD route.Expect this one for the start of the Summer '05 timetable.