Originally Posted by
Skipness One Foxtrot
If that source and repeated playground nonsense is all you've ever got then on you go. The level of debate on here really had collapsed.
Far be it from anyone to ask why they're flying fresh air and nothing else in from Leeds using Heathrow slots or going head to head with BA and KLM to AMS. Or how they make money on a LHR pricing structure against *BOTH* BA and Aer Lingus to Belfast using a smaller, slower aircraft on a much less competitve schedule.
Perhaps we should be grateful MAD is just that bit too far for a Q400? These are all fair questions that we should debate beyond at level higher than playground antics.
The choices for LHR routes seems strange. AMS and BHD have plenty of competition from LHR and most of the other London airports too. LBA has been tried before and I can't see the long terms prospects for it unless its got a BA codeshare/franchise and operates into T5. If these are the best options flyBe can think of for the slots, Im not sure why they are bothering. I think remedy slots are limited to EU destinations after 6 seasons (3 years)