If what is currently on the MAN thread is to be believed, and that seems to have some basis, then a long-haul carrier will indeed serve the UK from MAN only.
Hainan of course and
well done to MAN. However this is old school bilateral routing rather than commercially driven open market profit seeking.
The schedule is, not the best in terms of timings, let's hope it does better than their sister company's LGW-HKG.