Whether or not the 330's stayed in MAN is fairly irrelevant to the outcome of bmi. Personally I'm tired of the continual reference to it from the usual suspects (within bmi). Airlines put a/c where they want, when they want and for their own reasons, MAN was only ever a temporary home for the 330's. Sometimes there are other considerations such as; speculate to accumulate. Don't forget the economic crash in 08 had a huge part in the failure of the 330's at LHR.
2 or 3 a/c aren't going to influence the company that much, except for the crew that enjoyed the prestige of flying the Caribbean every week (and reminding everyone else at work
). The network however, that's a different story and that's the real issue.
bmi hasn't failed, it's only reached it's planned ending a little sooner than expected, albeit in a poorer state than desired.
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