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MARK 101
Was always lead to believe BHX was quite a profitable operation. Having said that BA had it all to themselves, even the European flag carriers tended to leave BHX alone until relatively recently
That is a very important consideration, however all the carriers made hay while the NEC / ICC sun shone, and probably still do, even more so with FlyBe out of the way (or should I say will, when and if the exhibition and convention business ever fully recovers). The problem of course for BA was filling the A319s, and later RJ100s when there wasn't a big show or convention on.