GLA-BRS to get a package tour? BRS has a fraction of the based sunbound flights GLA has, best not extrapolate much from a teeny sample size. Ten year ago btw PIK was doing well, the last rave was.....over two decades ago.
BAA do not exist anymore and AGS, the new owners of GLA would love to see PIK close and get the remaining FR operation into GLA, where the infrastructure is now in place. You're right in that I see no operator who would or could put enough volume through PIK to balance the books. That leaves cost cutting and, let's be honest, we know what will be cut. The 1964 built glass terminal needs to go. Traffic througput is tech and cargo, it does not need that millstone to hold it back, GLA can pick up FR and make money where I suspect PIK just bleed cash on that deal.
Saving the airport was bang on a good idea, it's a taxpayer built national asset. It just needs someone to keep it running at a small profit in the right niche and support the economy.