I wonder if easyJet consider LPL and MAN as a "joint" hub, with LPL focusing in on the short haul routes with MAN having the longer routes plus duplication of LPL routes where justified? It's going to be quite a sizeable fleet based in this "joint hub" 15 by 2010.
If you look at FR at LPL and MAN, it seems odd that most of the MAN routes don't operate to LPL - I wonder if it were be more worthwhile if they operated them out of LPL with a based aircraft (improbable given that they cut LPL's routes recently?!)