Cyrano... agree with what you post about the rumour fantasies.
cwl747... what you find on Wikipedia is (not uncommonly, unfortunately) a load of rubbish.
Anyway Wikipedia have now reviewed and removed the comment so the handiwork of IP address 86.27.50.130 is no longer viewable
Pipertommy... FlyBE's definition of a base is somewhat loose at best, and seems to consist of any airport where they operate through... I have seen other UK airports described in a similar way to the way they have described CWL as a base on the basis of occasional visits