I also hear Chinese whispers that the launch of DSA routes is a sweetener to Peel for future routes ex MAN which might compete with and affect the viability of some of their LPL routes.
.... The deal between Easyjet & Peel as we all know is 5 Manchester based & 10 Liverpool based, regarding route competion its already there, and does not seem to have affected Liverpool's viability as Easyjet have had good year at Liverpool.