I think what Roverman is trying to say MAN does not do deals in the same way as LPL, i`m sure they do them!
Ryanair steamroller their way in and then keep threatning to pull out if the airport doesn`t play ball on rates, Easyjet/Baby/Jet2 are a little more civalised in the way they do business.
It is well known that MAN stood upto Ryanair and told them where to go if they didn`t like the rates, this caused Ryanair to get up and walk even partly dumping one of their most profitable routes.
Easyjet are supposed to have an agreement with LPL but if this is correct and they have agreed not to expand MAN faster than LPL, the time seems to have come when that may change as MAN are more than matching LPLs expansion and if the
rumours of more expansion next year up to 10 aircaft by 2012 are correct
Ian B