Bring in Monarch on a W pattern to have a go the demand is there !
MarkeyD: What are you basing this assumption on????
Do you think Palmair have ceased to be due to an excess of demand? Or that Thomson reduce their flying programme in the winter & Ryanair suspend operations for 3 months each year for a similar reason?
What little demand exists in the winter is usually on very low yields which make little or no economic sense for airlines. It is not just BOH but the whole industry that suffers this annually & with the recession at present it's making things worse.
I appreciate it's tough to support your local airport when there isn't much flying out of it in the winter & I'm sure the commercial types will be doing all possible to attract more business, but airlines are not charities.
If & when the upturn comes then things will improve no doubt for the entire industry. Until then be grateful to hang on to what you have as a number of airfields are struggling to manage that.