Well just repeating what was said in the Southampton Daily Echo last night, here it is.
'LOW-cost airline Flybe, due to expand services from Southampton International Airport next month, could help salvage the plans of tens of thousands of the south's travellers who have seen their flights from Bournemouth thrown into chaos.
It was with the briefest of announcements that up to 55,000 people were given the news their hopes of flying to distant destinations had nose-dived after budget carrier Ryanair took over the no-frills operator buzz, set to begin flights from Bournemouth Airport in a few weeks time.
Quick to react, rival Flybe said it will now be exploring the possibility of introducing some of the proposed Bournemouth services at its new Southampton hub.
It was last week that Ryanair, which also operates in and out of Bournemouth, announced it had bought buzz, owned by Dutch airline KLM, in a £15m deal.
Then the bombshell, as far as would-be buzz passengers and Bournemouth Airport were concerned, dropped.
A message surfaced on buzz's internet website saying simply: "Further to KLM's announcement on Friday regarding the sale of buzz to Ryanair, an immediate decision has been made to cancel the buzz contract with Bournemouth Airport.
"As a result of this, all flights from Bournemouth, which were due to launch on 30 March 2003, have been taken off sale. Flyers already booked to travel on these services will be contacted shortly by Ryanair.''
Jim French, Flybe's managing director, said: "It is crystal clear that Ryanair/buzz are concentrating their expansion at London Stansted and with Go merged into easyJet, these two carriers will now be battling to increase their share of London traffic.
"The regions are the markets we know best. We have been serving them for more than 20 years and this development vindicates our decision to create a low-cost hub at Southampton, where we want to duplicate the strong presence we have at Birmingham.''
However Mr French said he was sad for all those involved at buzz who had worked so hard in preparation for the Bournemouth start up. '
Now I know that this is probably a publicity move drawing attention to the new Flybe services, however their are now 8 BAe 146's with leases up for renewal by early 2004 which will no longer be used on BUZZ services. Finding the aircraft certainly won't be a problem their are loads of 146's kicking around in storage at various airfields in the UK.