Originally Posted by
Rutan16
Those that have lost service is procisely because they don’t attact sufficient traffic at commercially viable fares period.
Unless the TAX PAYER picks up the bill via PSO grants they won’t happen runway or no .
Although I am anti LHR expansion at the expense of Manchester, it is probably fair to point out that in the current constrained Heathrow many routes are likely to have been dropped not because they weren’t profitable, but because their slots could be used for flights that the beancounters decided would be even more profitable. Thus if extra capacity becomes available and that choice no longer needs to be made, both routes could operate profitably.
When the new runway and all its slots become available I would expect that BA will be fighting for the lions share of them, which they will then need to find destinations for. No doubt a lot of long haul will be in there, but short haul/domestic is also likely to be a significant proportion.