Is this expansion of services into "the regions", albeit at the moment only a good way of increasing weekend fleet utilisation, perhaps a toe in the water towards diversification away from over concentration on LCY, should the Brexit negotiations go badly, and demand for services between LCY and the principal financial centres fall as a result?
Perhaps moving forward we could see a return to some thicker routes from the likes of MAN, BHX and BRS - I'm thinking of destinations such as PAR / FRA / MIL for example using the E170. Could shake up FlyBe in their own backyard if they did.