BA MAN-ORK was in decline as soon as they cut down from 3 a day to one a day two winters ago. At the time bmi baby went up to two daily for the winter from one during the summer so BA took the hit as they could never match the much cheaper fares of bmi baby. The BA fares were and have been mad high.
The following summer schedule saw bmi baby go back to just one daily for the summer. The brains around that decision still baffles me to this day. This coming winter schedule will see one a day bmi baby in the morning time to Cork rather than in the evening time with BA quitting altogether at the end of October.
My own thoughts are that Aer Arann should try twice daily ORK-MAN like they do with BHX. Costs of flying ATRs are away lower than flying classic 737s and offering a same day return would take business from bmi baby.