Phileas - First came PLH-NQY-LGW which was the reason for their inception, then BRS, MAN and JER were launched from PLH alone. More routes via NQY came later.
PlymSpotter,
On a scale from 1 to 10 how many passengers do you figure wanted to pay for air travel PLH/BRS and/or BRS/PLH?
Wasn't the PLH/BRS/PLH sectors just another buggeration factor denying the PLH punters a direct route to/from, was it, LBA and/or NCL and/or Scotland whereas, rather than NQY, this time ASW were dropping in to BRS to pick up/drop off punters en-route to/from the north?