I can't see Balfour getting a Blackpool route that's sustainable. A route to EXT would be more viable, but by how much. Last year, BE only carried under 23k pax to EXT and that was down 25%. I don't see how much LDY's catchment area could achieve.
I still hope that this year we'll see a 3 weekly EDI route and maybe next year, another route to London, and the south west of England/CWL.
Manx2 could do Dublin if they do a W pattern from the Isle of Man to Dublin and then onwards to Derry and back again...