Humberside was selected as one of Eurodirect's bases towards the end of it's eventful life. An ATP and a J31 were based there and along with away based a/c, operated to Aberdeen, Dublin, London Stansted, Bournemouth, Hamburg, Exeter, Paris and Brussels. Some of the routes were dead, STN in particular. DUB, ABZ and BRU did quite well with the DUB performing particularly well. Hamburg and Exeter were served via STN and BOH respectively and performed poorly. Paris was in the middle, but not a runaway success as the flights went via BOH. The problem with the STN was that it was in the days before low cost airlines, and although 9R offered some attractive fares to London, STN was not a well known entry point. They would have been better going into Gatwick. Eurodirect expanded too quickly, and if it had survived, I think it would have evolved into something along the lines of Flybe, with HUY a cornerstone of the Network.
Along airlines that have come and gone are:
Air France by Gill Airways to Paris CDG
Sabena by Eurodirect Belgie to Brussels
Cimber Air to Esbjerg and Sonderborg
Newair to Esbjerg
British Airways regional to Aberdeen
Brymon European to Belfast, Dublin and Glasgow
Air UK to Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Norwich, London LHR, Jersey, Teesside and Esbjerg
Skyrover to Dusseldorf
The debate will go on over Humberside, no-one can forsee the future, but the airport is far from dead and burried.
Regards
Mike