Looks like the Maham reduction in service may just be a temporary reduction, with a return to a twice weekly service in July. Have heard that if all goes to plan, a IKA - MAN - YYZ/YVR service is a real possibility.
On another note, I hear from my sources at Barcelona airport, that Iberia;s new low cost arm is to re-commence services between the Spanish city and Manchester, at last re-establishing some competition on the route, which used to have three carriers, and now only has 1(Monarch) and a once weekly unreliable Air Scotland service, of course. (Not much uise for the businessman.) We shall see what happens.