Very disappointing that an airline tries to expand locally and provide some competition for Easyjet (to the ultimate benefit of the consumer) and the vast majority of posts are of the doom and gloom variety.
BHD and BMI are businesses, not civil service organisations. Their aim is to make money for their shareholders. If they feel that these routes are the ones most likely to succeed then I certianly am not qualified to question this. Routes will come and go and the first one dropped will provide endless calls of 'I told you so' from the above posters.
My opinion is well done to BMI for picking up the ball that Flybe wouldnt.
