...and someone please tell me where on earth they're going to conjure up some LHR slots to be able to operate this?
I suspect BD have said to LPL something more upon the lines of.."...IF we get some sexy ringfenced slots at LHR at some stage in the future and IF you do us a stonking great deal on airport fees together with a suave exec lounge and a shiny new airbridge THEN we'll talk more seriously about operating LPL-LHR..."
NB To all the guys in the North-west who've been hankering after a reinstatement of the L'pool-Heathrow route for years; please don't misunderstand me: I'd love to be proved wrong on this: I, for one, would be amongst the first in the queue to buy tickets on the service if it ever did come back