I had a quick fiddle on the Flybe bookings site and the Southend airport website to view what is on offer. Apart from Figari which is not listed, I found many flights very cheap. I remember Cologne was £50 return, I think Zadar £150 return.....that cant be bad for a local airport. Maybe this has all been set up in a rush with increased promotions and advertising only occurring now, but maybe breaking even for the first year is acceptable, and then a reliable stablished route would do better in 2018. Here in Lux, Luxair are heavily "threatened" on their LCY service, but despite RYR offering £10 one way tickets from STN, it seems there is a market for both. The DASH 8s into LCY are nearly always full, and the evening flights from STN carry 150+ pax. Amazing!