I think Ryanair will probably be releasing more flights. The Manchester Easyjet ones will be out October and please could some kind person post when they are out or when they think they are going to be out. I have to be honest, the Easyjet flights last year from Manchester were not great flight times. We flew out about 5.30 pm and arrived in arillas about midnight and coming back we flew out about 11.30 pm and didn't arrive in Manchester til about 1 am.
However the flights were £189 each and that included luggage and had we booked as soon as released they would only have been about £150 each. I have looked at Thomas Cook flights as, like you, East Midlands would be better but they are £220 each without luggage and I am not keen on flying Thomas Cook again as we did a couple of years ago and there were a lot of same sex parties of teenagers on the flight going to Kavos on package holidays and a policewoman got on the flight before we even set off. Having said that, Thomas Cook handled it really well but I wish to avoid in future.