Knock Airport has been consistently resilient. Growing in the toughest of times. Ryanair has been an ardent supporter and stuck with the airport through the hardest and best of time, they have tried margin routes, some worked some did not.
BHX has a long history ex Knock Airport, I'd suggest that as long as EMA NOC is in place few will look at BHX again. If it does not work for BE, few others wilL look at it.
And FR unlikely to duplicate abother Midlands route unless they have to.
Perhaps if VLM can make a go of WAT BHX they may look at increased presence at BHX... But unlikely...
The logical next steps for growth at NOC is a US route, and continued growth in traffic on UK routes and focus on driving holiday flights for locals...
Last edited by EI-BUD; 23rd May 2015 at 12:30.
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