Am I right in saying that the only flights MAN-LON are to LHR? I've never seen Gatwick on the departure boards at MAN since BA ceased their LGW services (I actually timed my trip to RAK a month earlier than originally planned so I could fly MAN-LGW-RAK without any airport change).

NCL lost their LGW services a long time ago but they codeshare with BE. Of course that will stop as soon as FlyBE pull out next year.

Sales on Flybe NCL-LGW must have dropped significantly since they announced they're pulling out of Gatwick as I've heard them advertising on Metro Radio reminding people that it's business as usual on the route until the end date.

So, with Flybe codeshares out of the window and EZY buying all their slots I can't see BA bringing back these routes.

Also wasn't one of the reasons Flybe pulled out of LGW was that the airports fee structure meant it was uneconomical to fly smaller aircraft out of LGW. So I doubt we'd see a Saab 2000 operating in BA colours there.