davidjohnson6, have you seen the cost of a London-Manchester return or vice versa? Flybe would often beat it. Also,
Along with the increased landing charges, why would flyBE want to run a LGW-MAN route when they've recently cut LGW-ABZ ?
Perhaps because there wouldn't be the Big Orange sitting next to them competing? Bear in mind that the increased charges are particularly bad for the DH4 but not so much for the E95 due to the latter's greater size.