Dear keep er lit
EI will be in trouble for a number of reasons in my opinion
1. LHR via BA will be much stronger and BA have not been promoting their code share since they bought BMI
2. 7 BA flights compared to EL 3
3. canary routes are non starter due to distance and short runway and EZY and JET2 in the wings
4. Starting news routes at end of October 2012 is a very short lead time, some passenger already have their autumn winter flights booked
5. Drift of passengers to BFS as preferred location, don't forget BFS is much easier to get to from NE, NW W and S of provence
6. Unless you are connecting at LHR it's not cheap, BA £108 return, ok free bag, EZY half of this price
7. If they compete wIth BEE then BEE will naturally have to drop price to maintain market share, but remember BEE have been at BHD for over 25 years, just look who has come and gone
EI will find it very tough. Should have stayed at BFS