IOM - MAN has been the only bright spot in a dismal 2014 at Ronaldway, apparently picking up connecting pax since FlyBe's demise on LGW and the lack of replacement capacity by easyJet, and their own lack of capacity on LPL
However, FlyBe have today rehashed their IOM - MAN schedule for S15, apparently to accomodate the new IOM - STN service, without night-stopping a third aircraft.
As a result, although the service remains x 5 M-F , there are many changes to timings meaning that there are now no connections via the MAN hub in the last inbound and outbound flights. There are also two late morning IOM-MAN within 30 minutes, followed by a lovely easyJet shaped 6 hour gap, until the two evening flights.
It seems to be a very bizarre tactic, to cannibalise such a thriving and successful route and schedule, to facilitate the launch of the rather questionable looking x 3 daily IOM - STN, and to open the door to you main competitor to dump 300 seats a day into the market.