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Old 8th May 2015, 20:19
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DEL-MAN is part of a 3 new euro route application that will be, according to the Indian media, be starting in the 'coming months'.


If MAN was a bargaining tool against BHX, Paul Kehoe certainly sounded a little defeated already by saying he 'doesn't know what impact the new MAN flights will have on BHX'. Sounds more like he is after damage limitation rather than keeping AI away from MAN?


Also, DEL is offering a pretty nice subsidy to any airline that offers a DEL-MAN route. With DEL-DME cut to 2 weekly and at risk of being cut altogether (according to AI the route isn't even making enough money to cover the fuel bill), maybe AI are taking up DEL's offer of a subsidy with the spare B787 capacity left from the DME fallout?


All in all, it may well be a bargaining tool, but, the thought of MAN-DEL on top of BHX-DEL isnt that far fetched an idea?
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