Originally Posted by
Hartington
I flew LGW-ATH on BA something like 30 years ago and came back to LHR. Why did they drop they route?
Because LGW-ATH cannibalised LHR-ATH, the same for many duplicated routes like JFK, MIA. Latterly only a few like GLA/EDI/AMS and JFK/LAS/YYZ operated over both, with LGW the overspill for the long haul trio there.