They'll only accept charter traffic under very specific circumstances and they appear to not want anything involving connecting traffic through fear of diluting KLM (and/or KLM has an exclusivity agreement), that limits their options significantly. The Flybe DSA w-patterns that keep getting mooted would appear our only hope of airline growth and should be the easiest deal to negotiate in the world so if it doesn't happen and happen soon it can be assumed beyond any doubt that new airline business is not being sought.