It's a shame DND can't really sustain anything passenger wise.
In the 4 years I lived in the city I only know 3 people who actually used the airport, myself being one of them and even I only used it once, from BHD-DND and that was a pretty pennyl at something like £70 for a one way ticket (booked 3 weeks prior and only 7 of us on the plane). EDI had cheaper options with EZY and BE as well, but the cost of traveling up from there would have meant I'd saved very little in reality and spent a lot more time.
I saw Whoosh come and go and then the launch of the Loganair routes, which I thought would do well, but clearly not well enough. I'm quite surprised to see the LCY route being dropped, but then CityJet are not in the best of positions right now as it is so I'm sure DND is hardly a must have for them.
I don't understand why routes such as BHD didn't work. The number of Irish students in Dundee is astounding. A DUB route would have made sense to me too, but that was never attempted either. MAN and BHX seemed like odd choices, I'm not sure I met anyone from those areas of the UK when I lived in the city, not did I know of any business who used the routes.
Oh well, I'm sure it's not the end of DND, it's a busy place with flying clubs and the odd executive jet for St Andrews or Carnoustie. EDI may be an hour away, but DND is a large enough place to have a strong outbound market and with 2 universities and a myriad of computer and games companies in the city I would have thought a strong inbound market too. I suppose the right combination just hasn't been found.
