Not clutching at any straws my paranoid little friend - if BHX can support a daily Air India service then the very best of luck to them. The demographics are such that BHX is probably a better bet for Air India than MAN (maybe MAN will be added too in the future?). It just seemed like a strange way for the Air India guy to express it. If a daily service will definitely start in November then why not just say so? I assume they won't be waiting until the 18th 787's wheels are on Indian soil, then announcing the route to start the day after!