A bit surprising that BMI should use some very valuable morning and evening LHR slots for Jersey flights. Well done to them, and well done to Julian Green and Alan Maclean in Jersey for no doubt doing everything they could to get the service.
BMI are really adding some credibility to Jersey, and if you add Thomsonfly's new LUT-JER operation, on top of CVT-JER and DSA-JER, they too are doing a good job for Jersey. Makes GBALU's postings about Guernsey getting the better of Jersey seem a tad out of date. (But I recognise that G-BALU seems to have the inside track on most things Jersey).
Whether a carrier will want to pick up the STN operation, now there are daily flights to/from both LUT and LHR, which were not there last year when Atlantic Express started the service, is surely doubtful.