Sounds like the decision was based on the landing performance then, more than anything else. Probably something that was agreed as part of the somewhat ambiguous 5 year agreement that was signed between bmi and LBA earlier this year. Lower fees in return for an a/c that is actually able to utilise the upgraded ILS?
That said, the extent to which we do lose the 320 will probably be determined by the size of the tailwind component that the 'bus can accept on 32. If it can shoot a CAT3 with a 10kts or less tailwind component, it shouldn't see much of MAN hopefully. The -145 will probably struggle if it can only shoot CAT2 with a dry runway and a headwind. It ain't gonna happen that often - ask any BY driver.
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