KLM are losing UK market to the Gulf carriers. Many of those long haul pax from the UK regions that used to hub through Amsterdam to the east and south, are now using gulf carriers as an alternative to connecting through any European Hub whether Amsterdam, Heathrow or elswhere.
The logical response from KLM is to serve more regional airports in UK, to offer a closer link to the world than presently available from BA, Emirates, QAtar and Etihad.
It will be interesting to see where KLM end up in UK and how Emirates in particular responds.
For example a code share between Emirates and Loganair could see all of Scotland's long haul market east and south Connecting through Glasgow.
Interesting times as ever!
FF