IOM - SOU was only ever a summer route only or at least it was this year and this was made fairly clear when it was announced. It is NOT Flybe's fault that passengers choose to utilise their service and as such Eastern drop the route. Do you not recognise that this actually indicates a problem with the Eastern package either price structure or service?? Why would people move to Flybe otherwise......
IOM - LPL and IOM - MAN. This is a interesting topic because if it wasn't for Flybe they wouldn't have the link at all. Euromanx were going through very turbulent times even before Flybe started on the LPL route - this has only been reduced down whilst the economy is as it is. There simply is not enough people using the route to allow for a high frequency of flights between the island and the mainland.
IOM - MAN was increased from the original scheduled operated by Euromanx. With winter drawing in schedules will be reduced down - this is quite simply good business understanding and makes sense when fewer people fly. All airlines make these changes and it is because of this that Flybe have been able to succesfully operate for so long.