For a while I was flying BHX to AMS every Monday morning, and it was unusual for there not to be problems of some sort, often cancellations, on the BACon flights out of there even before the takeover.
I wonder if "VLM" = DenimAir in this case? That said, VLM like to cancel less busy flights anyway, which is why I rarely use them these days as I find that practice very annoying.