Interestingly, for those of you who work at MAN, there is an interview with Michael O'Leary on the intranet. He is talking to the MAplc management regarding opening up a Ryanair base at Manchester. In the interview, he claims that if MAN were to offer a dedicated low cost terminal with guaranteed short turnaround times and cut prices facilities, then he would open up a base in a heartbeat. Whether or not he was just humouring the management is something to be considered but I genuinely think that MOL sees the potential of MAN and if he got what he wanted, then FR would soon be a regular visitor to Manchester.
Does anyone have a link for this interview it sounds like interesting reading.