Looks like I was right after all, MOL has decided to salvage what's left of his dignity and self respect and decided that it would after all be seen as a massive climbdown to go crawling back to MAN after his previous 'toys out of the pram' hissy fit......
But MOL has
already gone back on his words! MAN was never a base, but had 10 routes. These were cut to 1 route as we all know. By opening a further 5 routes (TFS/PMI/MAD/FAO/ALC), he has gone back on his word, as hes back in a similar fashion to how he was last time.
In terms of a base, I think he has already swallowed his pride, as these were
his word back in January:
The challenge for us is that we still don’t have a base here. There’s the possibility of opening up a base but it’s important for us not to run before we can walk
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