bhx_bod,
You seem to be having a completely different debate to what is actually taking place.
Where has anyone said BHX should not be getting these flights?
Where has anyone said MAN has the God given right to these flights?
All that has been said, is that in September, George Osbourne announced Hainan would be serving MAN.
Hainan themselves said on Sept 4th, MAN would be their next Euro point.
Various articles since then have stated that MAN is part of their 2015 new routes plan.
Also, MAN appeared in GDS, had cargo bookings and had slots cleared.
Are the BHX lot saying we have no right to question where this airline has gone, especially since BHX flights have been catapulted in, charters or not?
I will say again, this is nothing to do with 'MAN has the God given right for flights', its about wondering what has happened to as good as announced flights that still are not bookable.