Originally Posted by
orbitmic
Indeed, but capacity is not everything: now passengers buying business class fares from/to MRS via AMS will be entitled to the gorgeous all-economy-non-reclining service for the first and last 2 hours of their itineraries... By contrast, LYS is losing pax but gaining EBC for the connecting part of their long haul J itineraries...
This would make it more attractive to take the train between the MRS area and either Paris or Nice for flights.
Whenever I've flown to/from MRS, the flight has been packed. This has been mostly from CDG, but Orly and AMS too on AF/AirInter and KLM respectively.
Air Europa at least used to run a nonstop RJ between BCN and MRS and it too was packed. On this flight, business class was sold for an all coach aircraft. The difference was special check in lines and lounge access, at least for a contract lounge IIRC at BCN.