Originally Posted by
Skipness One Echo
Point to point traffic would be using LCY, connections would remain at LHR I think. Feeding long haul is the whole focus of the LHR operation whereas LCY is point to point with, I believe, no Flight Connections facility. One has to exit and re-check baggage and join the queue for departures.
I agree up to a point (no pun intended). Yes, point-to-point is the main goal of LCY and that's what the large majority of passengers are there for, but I believe in recent years there has been a steady (if modest) increase in connecting traffic. For example, last year Cityjet introduced a
"direct transfer facility" - perhaps just a fancy name for jumping the security queue, but it does include a transfer desk and a through-checked-bag capability. Given the highly directional and time-of-day-sensitive nature of traffic at LCY, I'd imagine anything which fills some seats on off-peak flights (e.g. connecting traffic) could be welcome.