Yep I agree it is time to get someone other than Skyteam in at BRS, and yes, BD to BRU doesn't really count
I mentioned ME for purely selfish reasons, as I work a lot in ME and Asia and fly about once a fortnight to *somewhere far away* (Currently writing this from a hotel in Maldives! (Here for work though ))
As I said with BHX and LHR both only 100 miles away I don't think QR, EY, or EK would bring anything to BRS even if we had the rwy for the A330.
I still reckon it will be LH/ BMI to MUC/ DUS first to appear though (At least that gets a decent *A carrier with decent connections in though!)