Yeah, I'm aware that the BHD-EXT continues to Paris......the flight is listed as Paris/Exeter on the BHD departures board!
It was merely an example. Yield etc etc etc is obviously essential and nobody on here can start to guess whether 25 pax on a BHD-EXT flight generates as much as 48 on a LDY-MAN one.
The cost of a return between BHD and EXT is regularly over £100, no matter when one books, or it seems, how many people are on the plane. As an aside, I use the route a fair bit, and rarely see the atypical business suits on there, so I can't imagine there are very many Economy Plus passengers on board. Of course, I could be wrong, and those students I see on there now and again are indeed paying nearly £200 to get home!