Back to the topic of ticket prices / revenues. The huge capacity and competition at LHR as compared to MAN doesn't explain why MAN long-hauls have sometimes been cited as poor earners (BA / bmi used this reason to pull routes, as have others) when passengers seem to be paying high prices for tickets as compared to LHR, where revenues and yields are said to be good. Is it because LHR gets more expensive bums on seats at the front end who subsidise the back?
I believe logistics issues/costs of having one or two L/H aircraft, such in terms of supplying crew (in BA's case with that B767 they used for JFK) at MAN and away from the bulk of the airline fleet doesn't help.