regarding the Ryanair deal at MAN, there is an article on routesonline that states (from M'OL himself):
-The present MAN deal at its present stage is actually worse than when he left 15 months ago
-The deal may be worse at the moment, but works better with higher volumes, so, the more routes/frequencies added, the better the deal RYR has
-The next stage is for based aircraft at MAN
-The next non based routes he is looking at is more western Med, particulary spain, so may see BCN added, along with more MAD.
-He isnt there to trash the market, but add volume where routes are already served.
Cant remember the address for the site, but if you search for routes online ryanair Im sure it will come up