Lagerlout, Monarch have been transforming themselves for a number of years now. Some might even say they've been perhaps rather slow in going over to scheduled.
Never before has the phrase been more appropriate; "Use it or lose it."
The well heeled Harrogate downslopers may be coughing on their Chardonnay at the news of Grenoble being axed, but Monarch had a steep slope to climb in achieving recognition in such a short space of time. The spoiler was Jet2, the entrenched Leeds favourite, launching on the same day.
It may be a tad inconvenient, but it must ultimately have made the most business sense to simply axe the route and plan for another try next year.
Rgds