bmibaby's existing domestic route performance from BHX is poor. It has struggled to reach 50% loadfactor on EDI, and that is a much larger market (and one which has much more price-sensitive discretionary travel potential) than ABZ. ABZ is also a market which needs reasonably high frequency of service to compete, rather than a big lump of seats at either end of the day. Finally, going on BHX-ABZ is a sure-fire way of escalating World War III with both Flybe and BA Connect. I stand by my views that it's suicide, regardless of whether or not that has offended Aberdonian sensitivities.