Eastern Aw
When I started this thread I had not realised it would turn into a train v aircraft thread.
Understand where aeulad is comming from, HUY has in the past had more routes than are currently available, I know from first hand information that HUY to Esbjerg was the most profitable for Genair / Eastern Mk I (compared to all other routes they operated in 1983/84) and would presume the old Air Anglia / Eastern / Air UK HUY to Heathrow was profitable.
But I also agree with other postings that HUY just doesnt have the population catchment area to make routes to mainland european cities economical both for the operator and the fare paying self loading cargo.
I had hoped that with the proliferation of the Low cost airlines that at least one would of attempted a route to see if demand was sufficient to operate a program of routes from HUY, I can only presume that either the owners were not prepared to offer landing fee discounts etc or the airlines themselves indentified the catchment are was just too small.
As for rail and motorway connections from the region, both are very good but if there was a London service from HUY I for one would at least would of snapped their hand off.