I heard Air Berlin will drop MAN-STN too, have used it before, good service, but not very busy. Eastern Airways did do that route before, I wonder if they will go back. No northwest connection to Stansted now, Ryanair dropped BLK-STN. Liverpool has no London link anymore, now VLM have finished, they couldn’t compete with the rail service, and I understand BMI may chop MAN-LHR. The rail now from the northwest to Euston is good, but if you want to connect onwards from a London airport, flying is still easier.

Air Berlin may have been better offering LPL-STN than MAN, less competition than MAN-LON with flights to LGW/LHR and LCY.