virginblue
Seems it all needs explaining a bit more . When BA were operating out of LCY they were up against EasyJet with two flights going into Gatwick. With two flights a day albeit at bad times ( leaving the island at 9.55am and 9.05pm ) EasyJet had over 300 seats in each direction and were running fares at around £25 each way which is not sustainable ( proven by their behaviour when they are the only ones left ) I would argue that’s unfair competition from EasyJet as all they are doing is dropping in an extra leg as a filler to keep the plane flying . Do you really think the island is of real interest to them if it was they would overnight a plane here something they have never ever done and will probably never ever do .
This caused the LCY to have lower load factors . Had EasyJet offered one rotation and fares around a more sustainable level of say £80 then BA LcY would have worked .
And sorry Gatwick has never been a flagship airport it’s more for short haul holiday flights . Heathrow and to some extent LCY are the flagship airports .