Nice to see an 8pm departure from Knock alright, its something that most airports would take for granted but that Knock doesn't often have in the schedule.
Hopefully there will be something similar to London soon. I think the Manchester timing is a great idea and while BE will struggle to match FR into Liverpool in terms of price, this timing will give them a real advantage. Its a pity EI haven't done something similar to Gatwick to really put it up to FR on the London routes.
Now if only BE would consider something similar to Edinburgh, the RE Friday and Sunday flights to Galway were apparently getting great loads right up to the end due to their late evening timings...