Originally Posted by
HZ123
I note that to often the reference is to BA! The reality is IAG are calling the shots and what counts are their plans. LGW can be operated by Vueling, Level and Iberia Express, particularly as IAG will in the future have a large fleet of surplus aircrafts. Indeed BA CityFlyer may also have a role to play at LHR and LGW, though immediate future of social distancing on an EMB will be a challenge. With the sad likelihood of at least 1 in 5 job losses it will be years before people have the finances to fly as frequently as they used to.
If BA did move its E-jet fleet to LGW, would they completely give up their profitable LCY routes or would they expand their Ejet fleet with more planes, say with E2 generation that flies farther and burning less fuel?
Also would they be able to increase seat count on their fleet and get the bigger E195s?