Pug Peel are a business and at the end of the day need to keep the money men happy so I'm not sure they would see contraction of services (and revenue) as a good thing.
I stand by what I say if flyBE or Jet2 aren't in the running because of commitments at LBA and NCL, it's FR or nobody at MME.
On another note, I would be very interested to hear who the airlines MME management met with in KL. I know we won't find out but I find it hard to believe they would secure c.50 appointments as the press would lead us to believe.