I think there is more than enough demand for both EZY bases to profitably survive co-exist and grow. What of course could happen (and if these talks come off will more than likely happen) is that LPL focuses (but not exclusively) more on leisure 'holiday' routes and MAN (again not exclusively) on the more 'business' style routes eg MAN-BSL has just been launched. This has happened to an extent with FR at EMA and BHX, with EMA having more 'exotic' (if thats the right word?) leisure routes than BHX (probably due cheaper landing fee deals in place there)