runway 30
When manx2 started up in 2006 they advertised themselves as an airline, they have since advertised themselves as the 'Island's Airline' and everyone who has flown with them have thought they were flying with an airline. Only those with a nouse of knowledge aboout their setup knew all along that it was nothing else but a ticketing agency and probably 90% of the numpties that sit in the keys probably had no idea about the setup either.
Never has Hayes breathed a word about getting an AOC; getting its own crew or aircraft. Sure, it has had to set up an ops organisation to keep the show on the road day to day but it has hoodwinked the Manx public into thinking it had its own nice little local airline from day uno.