I have to say I would be surprised if WW were pulling out. Apparently they are currently growing BHX and planning to double the size at MAN from 5 to 10 737s. The loads on the MAN services have always been good and although yield has suffered since EI came on the route the loads have gone through the roof, since they dropped their fares a little loads have shot up from about 60-70% to 90+%.
I think WW could play a stronger hand though, they need a consistent schedule from day-to-day. At the minute it is all over the place. Frequencies are added and times are changed seemingly ad nauseam. I think an extra ORK section is put in whenever there are gaps in the schedule, usually only lasting a few weeks at a time.
Brian.