Trivia: Antwerp has had a London link for almost 60 years. It began in the early 1960s with Channel Airways to SEN, a couple of years later Sabena started LHR (a route that still existed at least in the late 1980s - not sure when it ended). In the 1970s, BIA served LGW, later followed by BCal Commuter, Air Europe Express, TIA/Airlines 1992, Air Exel and Euroworld/Cityflyer. LGW ended in 1998 as a result of increasing competition from VLM that had started LCY as its first route in 1993.