Mad. We recently had a Govt Review which explained clearly how a hub works. If you want a direct flight to CHS on point to point, you need some feed in addtion to your p2p. LHR had London’s very strong p2p as well as legacy connectivity which makes it a decent hub and supports a load of frequencies that would otherwise not be viable even with London’s very strong market. Splitting that, as was tried by BA over LHR/LGW was a complete failure. And a hub at MAN just doesn’t pass muster. APD is just another tax to raise money, it’s got almost nothing to do with managing demand, it’s just more desperately needed revenue without actually raising income tax.