This should take a good chunk out of FR's possible customer base
But here we can also see a specific attitude so typical of FR. Could have harvested quite much out of some niche areas where they didn't have any real competition in lo-co sector. Like in Finland, but not only here. Even after a very quick investigation of the load factors and price levels on some routes, one must realize that in many cases there was much more money waiting to be earned. But no, FR was just hesitating, waiting for the support from communities, for lowering the airport fees, and so on. Building the route network based on whims and wishes rather than any careful analysis of customers' needs, deals-motivated mostly.
FR remains a very successive airline, no doubt about it. Thanks to their financial discipline and hard negotiation skills. But in the same time they did not manage to avoid many obvious flaws in regard to the development strategy and potential opportunities, lost in some cases. Also as a non-basher, have to take notice of this.