Claw some of those customers back and BHX will grow even in the economic downturn.
But what are you going to provide for these passengers? The European route structure is not stable enough as has been discussed in many threads. Bmibaby are revamping the BHX programme, but for how long? The BMI group is looking to be sold off. There is no national carrier at BHX, just low cost operators charging a fortune to go to the handful of European destinations. The only stable carriers seem to be KL/AF.