The contempt in which BE show SOU is disgusting. The three pillars of their operation were always EXT SOU and BHX and are the reason they even exist. Now their operation at BHX is receiving competition in LS and FR it would be nice for SOU and EXT to welcome some competition.
I think arguably LS and FR are not suited to SOU which is partly why BE have gotten away with it so many years as no one else has a fleet suited for it. It is also a shame that V7 are swapping the 717 for the A319 which has 150 seats and is probably too big. If someone could order some C-series jets then SOU would blossom. Can't see any domestic airlines ordering it though. Maybe U2? A perfect operator for SOU would be WX with their Russian superjets. They are the perfect size and have a great range. They also do not appear to know what to do with them at the moment apart from open a token base at SEN which will never work.
SOU is a goldmine waiting to be tapped to its full potential. BM and KL have shown the first signs of this. Great to hear BE are giving up on MUC. They never would have kept it up. Congrats to BM!