As a pretty regular flyer, I value frequency and reasonable prices over just dead cheap and sparse frequency. It is not quiet the same as journeys in the UK where there are several similar alternatives
Easyjet have obviously hit Flybe hard in the IOM and Flybe have cut frequency already. Three planned trips in January that I had booked have been altered due to rotations being cancelled eg there are no early morning departures at all on a Friday most of January meaning I have to go the night before adding to the expense.