Shed - I think you're point 1 is so pertinant, when ever there's an issue that results in cancelled flight the domestic transfers are the first to go, BA have to address this going forward. In terms of point 2 I would dis-agree, I just don't buy the conspiracy theory that BA blocks or inhibits other carriers from operating from MAN or any other airport. Problem now is that leaner and fitter carriers such as Emirates, Qatar and Etihad are dominating the market, I really can't see in current conditions a Cathay or Qantas going up agains them from anywhere in the UK other than LHR.