Phileas,
Agree this is about PLH.
My point is Flybe don't want an airport at PLH as it dilutes traffic to Exeter, and I don't see any other LoCo falling over themselves to put 100+ seat aircraft specifically through PLH either.
Maybe if the council and the airport owners had invested more time and effort into letting people know Plymouth had an airport to fly to and from, then demand would exist.
Yes loads of regional airports want LoCos; I want a Ferrari. We can all dream.