RE: BMI ops on MAN-CDG/BRU/AMS etc
True, BMI did hold slots (under BD flight numbers showing as the F100) out of MAN to all of these destinations for some months now. However, when you actually looked at the time between the MAN outbound departure timings held and the return MAN arrival timings, it was pretty obvious the destinations had to be a bit further away than CDG/BRU/AMS. At that stage, it was a fairly easy guess that they were setting up these slots at MAN for the use of baby.