While I find the Stobart strategy of selling 51% of its transport business hard to understand, it will certainly focus their attention on developing SEN more vigorously. I believe that it is, in fact, less likely that they will sell SEN as it has now become part of their core business and can no longer be treated as a 'trophy' as someone recently described it to me
Obviously the current reliance on easyJet is a problem. albeit giving a nice platform from which to solve the problem, but this Summer may well see a considerable broadening of the SEN route network adding to its attractiveness to the market.