I hoped MAN wouldn’t be going but had some fears when they hiked the price recently. It’s odd it’s being run until early Jan though rather than cutting it at the end of the summer. It’s also been growing month by month.
If MAN does go that means from early Jan there isn’t much of the Stobart operation left. The schedule as currently on sale would only require a 2nd ATR between about 10-1 each day (except Sun when it’s late afternoon). The E195 schedule is even more sparse, three are required only on Sunday afternoons. Mon to Fri needs two between 8-4, and Saturday needs just one to service two flights.
Clearly there might be some further alterations to shift the rogue Sunday flight but overall it’s not looking too positive.