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Old 14th Jul 2020, 09:55
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Originally Posted by IOMX

On the other hand, London City Airport are involved, and they (as well as their former sibling LGW) have made it very clear in the past that they don't like little aircraft on their turf. Their solution? Raise airport fees to the point of making 50 seat operations untenable. Add to that BA and their attempt to make LCY 'theirs' for their own larger aircraft and the problems become abundantly clear; especially for a population unwilling to pay more than LCC fares for full service routes.
They seemed to change their tune on that recently and actively worked to attract the Loganair Dundee route which is operated with the ATR42. I’d also imagine now any flights are better than none.
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