Wasn’t that always part of the plan – moving the A330’s to LHR once ‘Open Skies’ had been sorted? Maybe they consider the LHR – Middle East links more profitable than the MAN – Stateside/Caribbean links. Or maybe even anticipating the recession and reduced pax loads to/from the USA as the recession starts to bite. “Absolute rubbish” is too dismissive a statement as, with only three A/C to play with, the move does have merit.