I wonder if this could be a way forward for bmi given Lufthansa's/Star Alliance's relatively poor feed from the UK regions (despite at least adding EDI and ABZ from FRA in addition to MAN and BHX over the last couple of years). Places like NCL and GLA with a strong oneworld/Skyteam presence have a once daily DUS-service, but no feed into FRA or MUC. Probably too small a market for Lufthansa's 100 seaters, but maybe just right for a BDcodeshare. They are also feeding Star's secondary Brussels hub from NCL and EMA, fitting the overall picture.