Don't bmi operate most of the leisure routes out of Manchester - ie Caribbean, Vegas (both key VS hunting grounds).... Are they intending to take bmi out of the equation from Manchester?????
Not really,
no no no.
At the moment, bmi are using their 3 A330s on scheduled routes - Washington, Chicago and Toronto.
The Toronto route is seasonal, so will free up a single A330 for leisure routes during the Winter season.
So far as leisure routes to the Caribbean go, BWIA, Air Jamaica, MyTravel, Thomas Cook and First Choice are all players in that market from MAN at the moment. However, bmi - for the present, at least - are not.