1. It's not speed but frequency. Between both GLA and EDI there are usually three flights per day to MAN. (There are no GLA - MAN flights on a Saturday). Train is every hour alternately. I suspect that most MAN PAX from Scotland either take a coach or drive - whenever I'm in Tebay services there always seem to be holiday groups.
2. The future of the UK is meant to be global, so we have to make clear that the economy of the UK shrank by 10% overnight last June.
3. Why should business traffic be riding high at the moment?