My sentiments exactly Aeromad on everything. People/Airlines have to see Bournemouth for Bournemouth and the local region, not as Southampton West in some cases, aiming to fill all the gaps that Southampton can't fill ie Air Berlin only relocating their PAD service to BOH because of the runway lengths.
As it has been pointed out, the MAG group wouldn't have invested as great a sum of money as they did (£45 million region) if they didn't see potential. Bournemouth could quite easily sustain an easyjet base with 3 or 4 aircraft to many destinations, both business and leisure and build a reputation for being a great server of the region, unlike Ryanair who have chopped and changed with their Trial and Error system.
But maybe Goldsmith can look for a couple of European carriers to come into Bournemouth like Germanwings or Vueling who could easily sustain 3 or 4x weekly flights in the summer into Madrid or Cologne.
Maybe its time for the teams at Bournemouth and MAG to stop waiting over what Ryanair may or may not do and get off their arses and expand the net a little bit. Bournemouth has done well to keep the rate of decline as low as possible during the recession (19.5%)-BUT THE RECESSION HAS NOW FINISHED!!!
It has potential, but give it a bit of time and wait and then something good will happen to it!!!
