The front page of the May issue of NI Travel News has a report that Flybe are planning routes from BHD to Teesside and Manchester and possibly either Norwich or Cambridge. An announcement will be made in the next few weeks. If the MME goes ahead it will be interesting to see how WW react as Flybe will be targeting business passengers and time their flights accordingly. Arguably the Q400 would be a more suitable aircraft for this route.
Additionally, the Manchester & Teesside will see Flybe in direct competition with WW on two of their four routes from BFS and could spell the end of BACX on the BHD - MAN, sadly the only remaining BA service in NI.