I agree, I think MAN has an excellent LCC network.
Aer Lingus to Cork, Dublin
Air Berlin to Hamburg, London STN, Paderborn
Air Southwest to Bristol, Plymouth
bmibaby to Alicante, Belfast BFS, Bordeaux, Cork, Geneva, Jersey, Knock, Malaga, Newquay, Palma, Perpignan, Prague
flybe to Belfast BHD, Bergerac, Brest, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Exeter, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Guernsey, Hanover, Isle of Man, Jersey, La Rochelle, Limoges, Milan MXP, Norwich, Paris CDG, Rennes, Southampton
Flyglobespan to Calgary, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Toronto YYZ, Toronto YHM, Vancouver
Tuifly to Cologne, Hanover, Stuttgart
Jet2 to Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin SXF, Budapest, Chambery, Faro, Geneva, Ibiza, Malaga, Milan BGY, Murcia, Nice, Palma, Paris CDG, Pisa, Prague, Rome FCO, Tenerife TFS, Toulouse, Valencia, Venice
Monarch Scheduled to Alicante, Almeria, Arrecife, Barcelona, Faro, Ibiza, Jerez, Mahon, Malaga, Murcia, Orlando SFB, Palma, Tenerife TFS
Ryanair to Dublin, Shannon
Skyeurope to Bratislava, Krakow
Zoom Airlines to Calgary, Toronto YYZ, Vancouver
Countless Thomsonfly destinations
A MUCH more comprehensive programme than LPL.
Manchester does not NEED easyjet or more from Ryanair.
Regards
Mike