No chance of extra routes when the BMI Embraer is based. First flight to LHR is now departing at 08.40 arriving at 10.00! Then it comes straight back up and leaves again at 13.45. BD338 is now leaving LHR at 1545. (LBA to LHR also departs at 08.10 so that is a big change for that route).
Just about the hotels, the St George is of course also 'a Durham Tees Valley Airport Hotel' so I think the airport already own it.
And yes manx2 was mentioned as a possible new airline to MME.