Well today it has been revealed that bmibaby went against the advice that the airport gave them numerous times (apparently) which they obviously are allowed to do as it is their business. However, some of this advice allegedly included the airport telling them to do 2x daily to LGW, and also 2x daily BFS with smaller aircraft, not a 1x daily with a 733!
Apparently the airport are already in talks with other airlines to fill the gaps, so what becomes of that we will have to wait and see! I do think that the LGW + CDG routes are perhaps perfect for an operator like Flybe, and the spanish routes I believe are more suited to Jet2 or Flyglobespan.
mmeteesside