Nice one 'harrogate' very appropriate.
Thanks 'dwshimoda' and 'galaxy68' for the 'Q' explanations.
Posted by Rampmole
and was apparantley told the reason was aircraft out of position on the flight.
I suspect the explanation given to your mother was not entirely truthful.
The aircraft that operated the delayed 07.40 MAN-MJV route yesterday actually operated the 06.55 service to PMI first. The aircraft returned to MAN at 13.43 then departed to MJV at 15.05.