[QUOTE=Ametyst]The problem is that if BA/BACON give up anymore slots or routes up at Manchester then that would give "the big orange" a possible entrance into Manchester.
Why would that be a problem? A damned good thing IMHO. Didn't they originally want to opeate from MAN instead of LPL in the first place but couldn't get the slots - I'm sure I remember the Stelios TV interview at the time and thinking 'damn!'
Still they manage to make it work out of three London airports, why not two in the NW ?- 2nd biggest concentration of population in the UK.
I see BA/BACON becoming an irrelevance in time if this is the best idea they can come up with. I would however see this as a positive, if it persuaded EZY into MAN.