Well, with LPL being sold to Vancouver airports, I wonder if the deal EZY originally signed is now valid. They made the deal with Peel, not Vancouver.
Im not saying that U2 will pull out of LPL, not by a long shot, but, I think the contract at LPL has prevented the likes of some routes not being allowed to op ex MAN, and also for every MAN route announced, a LPL route must follow.
Maybe MAN will be growing very fast now. After all, they get the same sort of pax profile as LGW, and U2 at LGW is doing very well.