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Having said that the owners of MAN will not want another large carrier pulling L/H routes from their airport and may tempt bmi to stay longer.
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No they won't, And I don't think they would live to accept it?
BD have been at MAN about 12 years or so now, Remember when they started on the Dom flights.
For a long time BD were one of the few Carriers who didn't operate from MAN, And on very rare occasions our - LBA based DC9 called in.
If BD 'Fire' MAN up, MAN might tell BD to pull out altogether?
MAN's ultimatum might be - If your'e not going to run LH, Then why should you stay and run SH?
BD's SH routes are served by the remaining Op's.
BD need to be 'CLEAR' with the Airports they serve as to what their future plans are at the 5th November meeting.
Or it could be a 'Big' Firework Display not in their favour.