just a little food for thought.....
Steam Racket from Douglas to Liverpool - a distance of 82 miles for £33.25, equates to about 40p per mile.
Manchester to New York via US Airlines - a distance of 3334 miles for £139, equates to about 4p per mile.
Catching the bus from Douglas Town Hall to the Rosemount - less than half a mile for 90p, equates to about £2.40 per mile.
Some people would like to have the Government run the IoM Steam Racket, well if they would run that the way they run the buses, you'll be swimming.