manx crab,
Finally someone speaks sense!
A saab 2000?! Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't that have the same number of seats as a Dash 8-300?
BE - why would they enter an airport with absolutely no flexibility with a semi - low cost model trying to fill 78 seats when EMX is ownly filling 25?!
Eastern would probably do ok on the route as they operate smaller a/c with a very well known and highly rated business model but as people say their J41s are a little small but their Saabs which hold 50 pax (same as 2/3 of EMXs daily flights) would work better on the busier periods (fridays and mondays).
But as manx crab says surely the best and most obvious choice would be VLM. They have the a/c as it sit on the ground most of the day and if they were able to get the EMX slots they would be laughing! They would have three daily flights to the capital with great connections to Benelux plus Jersey etc. Also, they would have another slot for expansion!
For now EMX offer a great service along with VLM and maybe that is the way it will stay....until the end of the week atleast anyway! ;!