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Old 13th Apr 2011, 11:43
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wanna_be_there
 
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I am not surprised at this in the slightest. Bmibaby have faffed around too much at MAN, and now the other big loco operators have grown around them leaving little point for WW being there.

They were going to serve MAD, but oh no, wait, RYR/EZY jumped on that one. They applied to run SXF, oh wait, EZY got on that one. Then they moved their belfast flights to BHD, and look who jumped on the MAN-BFS, yep, easyjet.

On some routes they are also being squeezed out. LIS now has TAP (with better fares and more frequency), LS has always shared PRG (and Im not being funny, but in MAN, more people knew LS served PRG than WW)

As for the rest of their routes, NQY, was hardly a B737 route, and the french routes are probably best suited to BE, as they seem to specialise in that, and they have the might of AF befind them.

As for the Bmi group at MAN, seems they have never actually known what to do with MAN. They had longhaul, that went, then they had WW on the likes of NQY/BHD/BOD/MPL, but then BDregional on EDI/LDE, then mainline on BSL/LHR, and now BD serving LH on FRA. madness!!!
To prove they dont know what they are doing, they have just taken on more crew to be based at MAN, just a matter of weeks ago!

Lourdes
As for this route isnt it staying as im sure it is bmi regional and not baby on this?
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