Jobsagoodun, bmibaby left MME because there was no money to be made. They were losing money hand over fist. Flyglobespan thought they could do better and - guess what - it didn't work for them either. The fact that there is only Eastern there speaks voumes and look at the routes that Eastern have tried from MME and dropped - Brussels, Bristol and Southampton readily spring to mind. bmibaby got out because it made good commercial sense. MME is between LBA and NCL and sadly, in this day and age, it does not look as though there is any room for it going forward.