Nigel Osbourne wrote
We won't pay that much for our landing and handling fees"
I completely agree Nigel landing fees are the issue. I'm amazed that FR haven't staged a strategic withdrawal trying to get BHX to reduce their fees as they have at EDI.
Instead FR have a "frozen" base at BHX. I wonder if EZY would just duplicate routes such as AGP, FAO, PMI etc. as many other airlines seem to have done historically at Birmingham. This lowers yields and eventually leads to one of the airlines withdrawing from the route or routes. Monarch are taking a chance and good luck to them.
