So Tigger and BFS lets see some sustained critisism of Aldergrove for offering up to 6 different airlines on one route (palma)- or do you only consider it to be unwanted, unsustainable competition when its from a different airport?
Absolutely not. Had baby launched these flights from BFS the same argument would still stand. Like when LS announced ALC from Aldergrove!! Why we need, and how we can support, at least 16 weekly flights to Palma from BFS in July is beyond me, similar with Alicante and Malaga and Faro, in Portugal; yet not a weekly flight to Naples or Corfu, Venice or Paphos. The tour operator flights are slightly different as they can offer specific packages associated with each brand, eg Thomson Cruises, that say Thomas Cook couldn't offer, but with the loco's, they're all much of a muchness.
Huge capacity and competition from BFS to Spain, what happens if like me you've been to Spain and want to try somewhere new?? At least EZY are trying Malta, LS with their niche destinations and to their credit EI had a bash at Munich, Milan and Budapest. Now demand obviously wasn't there for those destinations, but a summer weekly Naples with TOM, or a weekly Zakynthos with TCX. Prague maybe, bring Berlin back. Oh no...
Not only would that be competition, but would open new markets, add convenience to the NI traveller, and if it was operated by EZY, LS, or WW would even have the possibility of some inbound tourists too. But no, lets all pack are bags for the Costa's, and those with an ounce of imagination still have to fly via the mainland, or from Dublin.
This was not a BFS / BHD issue. It was to try and create demand and offer flights to somewhere other than the Iberian peninsula and Spanish Islands.