I flew STN - BRQ today with FR. I've been flying predominantly thru STN for 16 years and today was the worst experience I've had there. Huge queues thru security (half the lanes seemed to be closed off for no good reason. It was off peak but still very busy), virtually no seats in the departure lounge after the tortuous new twist thru duty free and loud music everywhere. When MAG first took over I thought it was starting to show signs of improvement but it's as repellent as EMA now. Shame. EMA used to be my home airport before STN. MAG seem to be progressively ruining both places.
Conversely, now being able to take two bags onto FR was great.
Also, saw a Swiss Avro RJ was taking off when we were boarding our plane. Why would it have been there? And saw two FR planes with orange winglets and tailfins. Are these leased in from somewhere?