OltonPete, baby seem to have been scared off BHX and are close to gone on the MAN run. As someone who flies ORK-MAN regularly for the past 3 years I have seen fares DRAMATICALLY fall on this route. How this will pan out over the next few months remains to be seen, but I will admit that since EI started competing with Baby I have rarely flown baby. Mainly because I prefer the Aer Lingus service, the flight times and the reliability.
I wonder if routes such as MAN and BHX might help EI and ORK through the dark times. I could see them operating ~10 weekly flights to MAN and BHX, especially if WW pull off MAN completely.
Brian.