Believe they did a similar thing at LBA when the cheap start up was pulled. If memory serves me right they were on 2/3 a day and went down to 1 with extra flights at MAN. Then MAN did the same and they moved back to 3 a day at LBA pulling MAN frequency. It's MOL posturing to get the best deal he can, but he does pull flights to make his point to the airports. LBA is currently at 3 a day to DUB and I believe MAN is back to where it was too so if the route is siccessful I wouldn't worry too much.