BMIR Lyon cancellation
I think that this was always coming , The only airline that FLYbe can actually bully off a route , now that they have succceded i hope they don't go back to reducing and/or mish mashing schedules which they are quite fond of.
As for BMIR , well they need to find a route with no competition and not necessarily lots of pax but certainly a steady amount of business passengers....easier said than done.
Of the routes needed at BHX LIS/MAD/BUD & PRG are not suitable , so maybe a scandinavian route such as Oslo (yes i know Birmingham european tried that and failed but we are talking EMB145 and not one eleven) . Apart from that maybe their other base at Bremen or even better in my opinion would be go double daily TLS at decent times..