Who cares about BRS? Probably not many on here as it is the BHX thread. Both airports are good at what they do, get over it! I flew from both BRS and BHX in June and was very satisfied with both airport experiences.
I'm sure if BRS regained a long haul flight you would be very happy or were you against the CO flight BRS-EWR as that too was a narrow long haul route?
Thriving shops, taxi's, shops, baggage handlers, pushback crews, hire car agents, bar staff etc etc all rely on thriving every day/week round seat sales in volume
Ah ha, so you have been through BHX recently!
I don't know about profitability of the two airports, maybe BRS is the more profitable? Can you supply documented figures for BRS compared to BHX profitability to back up your claim? Thanks