It does seem as if BACX are prepared to back off on this route instead of putting up a fight! Perhaps the problem is that they have never had any competition on Belfast - Manchester and now that Bmibaby have come along they simply dont know what to do.
I do wonder what is in store for the remaining routes out of BHD - rumour has it that Southampton is for the chop shortly - that will only leave Glasgow & Edinburgh and I've heard that load factors are gradually reducing here.