This is a very good move by Stobart and distances themselves somewhat from Flybe who have been the authors of their own demise in many ways.
It would be interesting if Stobart manage to do this with other carriers in the UK; Virgin for example could be good for long-haul feed at Manchester.
Does anyone know what BA Cityflyer will do as they will seemingly have a significant amount of capacity to launch new routes or release aircraft for C-checks.