I agree Gleno, its all good if you happen to be a box at the moment, a new service to the States, multiple services to the Far East to choose from and even Moscow if the mood takes you!
Be good if its true and IB / Nostrum have another crack at Madrid, I think the results would be quite different now the route is vacant. This is a key route from MAN that needs reinstating asap. I was on the last flight back with BACON (a full 143 op by Flightline!) and there was dismay amongst pax and staff at Madrid that this route was being chopped and nobody else was stepping in. Best for IB / Nostrum to have a go rather than one of our loco's to wade in only to drop it 4 months later
Re a possible return from AB to TXL I think the results would be better now the route is vacant although I still think their commitment to MAN looks a little uncertain. Are we now any clearer that the Hamburg and Paderborn are sticking around?