Maybe I have but why can't an airport located in the centre of the country, adjacent to two major motorways, with its own main line rail station and an immediate catchment area of 2 million plus people support a large loco airline base and flights to European destinations that seemingly thrive at other major UK regional airports?
The only reason I can think of is that BHX still has a very high operating cost base which makes it impossible for a loco like FR (who want to use an airport for next to nothing and whose costs are cut to the bone) to profitably fly from. But, rightly or wrongly, airports that can do so do have the routes that the travelling public want. Catch 22? There is no easy answer, or maybe the answer is easy?
PS and pigs might fly........
