I stand to be corrected on this but
AFAIK, TOM L/H flights from BHX are crewed by MAN crews, with all the additional costs that this brings in HOTAC and surface coach transport - in the W13/14, on arrival into BHX from CUN, BGI etc, crews were put up in day rooms at the Novotel before coaching back to MAN in the evening. The aircraft also have to position in from MAN and/or LGW to operate BHX flights.
This could be a suggestion as to why the TOM L/H programme at BHX stays relatively static? If BHX based crew were 787 trained then we would see a based 787 and therefore more routes? TOM however seem happy at the moment to pay positioning crew and aircraft costs over the cost of training up crew and having a L/H aircraft permanently based at BHX.
Even discounting this suggestion, I agree with Nigel, a 1 X weekly SFB is a bit of an embarrassment.
Has anyone heard anything else about the 777 Turkmen rumour to operate ASB-BHX-YYZ?
Looking at the BE online timetable these seems to be a second M-F Inverness rotation operating from 14th July as an INV based aircraft but obviously operating other flights from BHX in between.
INV 06.20 BHX 07.50 BE830
BHX 19.25 INV 21.00 BE833