The drop in passenger figures for Alicante, Faro and Malaga may well be down to the fact that people were unsure of Flybe's commitment to those routes so booked other airlines as they were released rather late so that must of had a huge affect on bookings.
With Flybe axing Orly that's a large amount of passengers to Paris and only one additional flight being added to CDG.
It would be good to see HOP by Air France pick up the ORLY route as there is obviously the demand.
I wonder if Aer Lingus Regional will enter the SOU-DUB market at some point.
Possible future Volotea routes from SOU without encroaching on Flybe's territory could well be to be to the likes of Florence, Milan (Bergamo), Nice, Toulouse, Turin and Venice (Marco Polo).
With Flybe returning six Embraer 195s back to their lessors at the end of 2017 what becomes of their sun routes from Southampton, this is where Volotea should seriously think about some sort of expansion for summer 2018 as the market could be all theirs.