Don't believe it, Fred fella. Both could have had a go on the Liverpool route already. Flybe- no money it for them - Eastern - nobody could afford the fares. And Manx2 are starting to show a degree of desperation with this new Belfast run - looking for things to do. Things achanging here, no doubt about it, but until this BA affair is sorted, the routes and the hangar, and flybe show their hand, its all sitting and speculating.
Spare a thought for the folks in engineering here who really do need a knight in shining armour to appear and save if not all but maybe some of there jobs. Lots of political fallout still to come from that, I daresay - yessir.