When I worked in business travel we used to have at least 10 pax a day on the MAN-STN flights as they were convienent for our customers going to places like Colchester, Chelmsford and Luton which are very difficult by train
Before Air Berlin arrived, BA whatevertheregionalarmwascalledatthistime used to operate two or three Jetstream 41 flights on the route with rather breathtaking ticket prices. As obviously there is some demand for business travel on the route, I am wondering if the likes of Eastern Airways will be interested in the route again? One of the problems with Air Berlin was that their flights were not operated by a MAN-based aircraft, making day-returns less than ideally timed. Such a move would also rectify this problem.