BHX
Having looked closely at flybe's booking engine over the last few days BHX-NOC was available as a route for a few days but no flights showing as bookable. It has now dissappeared altogether. There are numerous connections through EDI which could and have previously been bookable. The same scenario happened with BHX-WAT with the booking engine showing it in the drop down menu, only for it to dissappear then reappear when announced. It looked at one point like EIR would run 3x weekly in winter. I would hazard a guess flybe are to take over the route. It would make a lot of sense. EIR came in on a daily basis and really haven't done any favours for it having had over 90% load factor last summer to not even bookable past October. Flybe have good brand recognition in the BHX market and seem able to hold their own against low fare operators such as EZY.