So will a route like LBA-SOU, which has yo-yo'd between Flybe and Eastern in recent years, now be flown by Eastern in Flybe colours under a franchise?
Ironic really when you think how Flybe acted to muscle Eastern off routes like this (SOU-BRU was another one, historically) and then left them to it (or left it unserved) when they realised it didn't work for them.