"Note recent comment on the Belfast thread that VS are expected to start services to MCO from Belfast, LAS from Glasgow together with some changes at MAN with formal announcement by October..........."
Excuse my pessimism, or is it just being realistic, but unless VS can find a spare a/c from LGW or LHR, is not the most likely scenario that MAN will lose its second a/c in s2015, at least on some days. I think it's 2 x LAS, 1 x BGI and presumably 11 x MCO this summer, so simply dropping MCO to daily would provide 2 flights from both BFS & GLA even allowing for the long LAS sectors and positional flights I would have thought. Out of interest, was there one year when we had 3 x VS flights on certain days or is my memory playing tricks again?
On the other hand, it would be nice to think there's something more positive to come from the VS/DL jv for MAN; another case of wait and see I suppose.