As for not duplicating certain routes between MAN and LPL my take is that the region can only sustain demand for the current level of frequencies on certain routes
Andy
Whilst you are quite correct, it MAY be that there is still some agreement between U2 and the airports which prevents them not only duplicating routes from each airport but which ones go from where. It might be that some of U2s current LPL services would be better operated from MAN and vv but there is some sort of agreement on what goes from where. But hey, who knows?
There were several "false starts" before U2 set up at MAN and it was rumoured that this was because U2 & LPL had some exclusion clause about ops from MAN. I seem to remember hearing that at one stage it was going to court, but in the end it didn't and the MAN ops eventually started. But maybe this is just a rumour and we will never know for sure.
Suzeman