I would like to ask our friend that has I think been banned once How many people from the BOH Southwest area do you think travel to SOU? I would Imagine at least 30/40%. The people to the east IE Pompy, Brighton etc probably use the London airports. As for FR pulling out they haven't unless you know otherwise. I did mention SOU your right. And, I mentioned that they cant handle widebodied aircraft when BOH can. Its not a lie.
I am also pretty dam sure if there was an LCC that operated from BOH with the routes similar to that from SOU with good pricing I know who would win. Also, Lets not forget that Flybe operate only EMB 195's and Dash 8's from SOU. That means they have a good recipe for the correct aircraft for the right route. Unlike FR who operate only 737-800's which I must say is overkill. If they had Flybe's model I'm sure they could possibly a lot more routes from regional airports. But, I am not the one to tell MOL.