Remember the EU Regulator ONLY had to consider where the sale might impact on competition. The hard reality that the public fail to recognise time and time again is that NO airline can make money operating domestic services out of LHR. Not BA, not bmi and most certainly not VS. RB will have to put his money where his mouth is now or forever hold is silence. The sale INCREASES competition at LHR to the far east. A little but significant point which most seem to miss.
If bmi had gone bust the slots would have been lost and there would have been a far bigger impact on competition between Scotland and Heathrow. Thank god it did not.