Spiteful? I don't think so.
bmi have launched on a route that they knew full well had been proposed by Flybe so one can only assume that they believe that both can operate side by side. It would be naive to be in any way surprised that Flybe have announced (as expected).
Hopefully both can survive however I think that will rather depend on the volume of high yield passengers that bmi can find. For the cost conscious traveller, I doubt they'll be able to compete with Flybe on price or volume.
Last edited by JobsaGoodun; 23rd Feb 2016 at 23:50.