I doubt Flybe was thinking ooo lets have a go at Blue Islands
Cloud1, it would seem logical that Flybe should not give a monkeys as to what BlueIslands are doing and the same logic could be applied to airlines like AirSouthwest, Euromanx, Aurigny at one point or another but sadly they do seem to target smaller airlines. The recent application to operate Newquay Gatwick is doom for AirSouthwest and Flybe are prepared to take a loss for a while until AirSouthwest axe the route?
Flybe are great at going into to Bully small carriers and them seem to be fixated in controlling some of the smaller airports eg Exeter, Southampton, and Newquay is high on the list it would seem.
Lets hope that your estimation is right!!!
EI-BUD