Eastern it's about the rumours that the IOM government 'purchased' the slots for RE. At a time when the IOM government does well to tell the diffrence between its arse and it's mouth nothing is suprising! The contradiction that is the Island's 'open skies' policy would appear to have been disregarded if the government are in any way funding RE into LCY. The second that route is 12 months old they will lose things like Low rate airport charges and fares will have to go right up!
just my prediction though....