and is focused on retaining a “profitable share” of the market
To be fair that's what every business should do. It sounds a bit like the dreaded manager's vote of confidence mind in footballing parlance. I suspect that Flybe would suit STN and others perhaps better to Jet2 but those pax figures do suggest a bottoming out given the industrial action and ash cloud as previously mentioned. Flat or modest growth might even be on the cards from spring onwards.....
Then we can get back to the important stuff like crazy NYC chatter, runway extensions and perhaps a hotel opening....ho hum.