Unfortunately I think it's going to be all to late for Humberside's venture into the low cost market.
DSA will shortly be announcing their low cost operators, and if my information is correct, that will include AMS, DUB, ABZ, and EDI.
That may have an impact on Easterns HUY - ABZ and KLMs HUY - AMS route, as I understand that the DSA flights will offer a day return option, something that hasn't happened before.
Sadly, HUY management have always had a very arrogant attitude towards low cost, largely because, I think, that they think DSA would never happen - it seems theyve blown it.
Although the recently announced FlyBe routes from NWI do not offer the day return option, and will have no impact on Eastern's routes, I understand that they plan an NWI - AMS route
with interline facilities at AMS.
This will virtually erase KLM from NWI and not before time, and the same could happen elsewhere in the UK.
It appears that KLM couldnt give a toss about the regional - AMS routes or their customers, the sooner they change their attitude or go, the better.
Given the future prospects, one has to ask if MAN PLC, having bought HUY for the political reasons that have served their purposes, will unload it for a token gesture back to the local authority (or Eastern Airways
).