You know what, for all the people that knock the age of LS aircraft, I think they have been brilliant for MAN.
We had that shakey period where they withdrew a lot of routes and a few aircraft, but they have since found their niche and are going from stregnth to stregnth, not just at MAN but the north in general.
The routes they offer are a good mix, without them MAN wouldnt have its link to BUD, FCO, TLV and Brieve to name a few. They are holding their own against the likes of Easyjet and bmi baby from the loco side, then TCX/TOM from their holiday side.
I hope in the future they look at MAD, VIE (they dont seem to be afraid of going after city routes) and possibly DME (after all, TLV is kind of out the box for them). I know DME is the wildest one out there, but, never say never, anything is possible!