Well because its seasonal. Maybe not refused but always treated second best. The sucessful airports concentrate on the domestic and european buiness routes that will have demand all year round with the odd bucket and spade route. The other airports just get what they can. The new terminal etc is hugely impressive but personally I think its as much a white elephent as the milenium dome was. There is no reason to fly to dorset. It has a beach, thats the only thing it has over Southampton. Same with Manston, no one is going to fly to kent. No reason, just fly direct to London. Southampton has the M3 and and a direct train service on its door step to the rest of the country not to mention numerous businesses and industries located near by. Lets not forget the cruise ships either. Who ever is bank rolling Bournemouth is in for a horrible surprise in my opinion.