I think you boys and girls need to take a chill pill
This is off peak at the start of new routes.
Have a look at NQY-MAN. It started smaller and has built up to decent numbers and then had a summer second rotation added which again sells really well.
MAN is probably 50% point to point and 50% connections both on BE and VS/EK etc
Starting with double daily was always going to prove difficult rather than starting small and building. But the aircraft need to fly somewhere. The route will build and prove successful I suspect.