The CAA stats for January show passenger numbers to be down 1.9%, although this trend will hopefully soon be reversed as we approach the summer. VLM carried about 7 passengers per flight (14%) to HAM, still no data for ANR, but with such low load factors the reduction in frequency from 5 to 3 weekly is understandable. DUS is improving, 28 passengers per flight (36%) but still pretty weak, either service does not seem to be very heavily advertised...
Hopefully Flybe and BMI will be able to operate side by side on the MUC route, with the former appealing to leisure travellers and the latter business travellers plus those connecting onwards.
SOU has gone from having no links to Germany about a year ago after Flybe dropped HAJ to the following.
DUS - Daily BE Q400
HAM - 3 weekly VLM F50 (via ANR)
MUC - 12 weekly BM ER4, daily BE Q400
Impressive growth, lets hope that it is sustainable.