Originally Posted by
VickersVicount
Because that flight had capacity and LHR didn't ?
They’ve been flying out empty after delivering PPE and Cargo into LHR. Plenty of capacity if it were needed.
And why is taking passengers to Athens to connect independently onto an Air China flight more likely than simply taking some of the many Greeks that reside in London, particularly North London, back to Athens as their country opens up but no direct scheduled flights from London exist?