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The MAN long haul west market is strong but is being chipped away at by Aer Lingus via DUB and capacity dumping over LHR. Bagso moaning that Delta's LHR-EWR is starting before MAN-JFK is, again, comparing apples and pears as LHR-NYC is a very high yielding, high frequency world leading city pair.
By contrast, American's 28 year old MAN-ORD is being dropped for a quarter of next year, so a strong but not unlimited market being sandwiched between two differing competitors.