Lakeside, your previous post shows how little you do know.
Cabin crew I may be, but I am Humberside born and bred, and if you take a look at my other posts, you will see I am no bulls****er!
For a start, HUY is currently handling approx 530,000 pax a year, not sure what you class as half a million, but it does'nt take a einstein to work that one out.
No-one is saying HUY is going to be the next Manchester, and yes, there is significant competition from nearby DSA, but the airport is popular with the local population and the range of charter destinations is akin to that of LBA and MME. The scheduled side leaves a little to be desired, but the airport is working to change that. Flybe will open either DSA or HUY, and with LBA likely to get BE French flights over DSA, HUY is looking like the favorite.
MIR should work from HUY, it does from just about every other regional airport. MIR is not an expensive destination, and so should suit the HUY demographic well. PFO did not work because the majority of resorts that feed PFO are on the higher price side. FUE is a mystery, announced for the last 2 years and has never operated, however you appear to think that HUY is uniqe is losing planned flights, which it most certainly is not.
HUY does not NEED more retail outlets. One of the beautys of flying from HUY is the shorter check-in times, by the time pax have checked in, had a coffee and bought a paper, it's almost time to board.
I agree that now is a critical time for HUY, but the little airport has a lot of supporters, and you coming on here raining on our parade is uncalled for
Regards
Mike