I said 4 a/c for FR on the Ryanair thread but apologies it does indeed seem to be 5. Still a reduction from 6 but early days yet.
Flybe have confirmed they are keeping the IOM route and EasyJet are 7 a/c so suppose that's some good news.
But so far, next year looks to be EasyJet with 7 a/c, Ryanair with 5, Flybe keeping IOM at still 24x weekly (but I would imagine that will reduce if/when IOM base closes), and Wizz with 5 weekly departures.
Compare that to 2011...
EasyJet with 10 a/c, Ryanair with 8, Flybe operating up to 8 departures a day, Wizz up to 10 weekly departures, KLM 3x daily and Eastern Airways 4x daily.
That is a whopping decline really in a fairly short time. Makes me wonder if the management of Liverpool are really that committed.