Originally Posted by
Fairdealfrank
Going up against BA on LHR-NCL appears to be the height of stupidity, and BA/EI on LHR-BHD and BA/KL on LHR-AMS. Flybe is not British Midland. BE is more suited to thin routes (the aircraft in use is a clue). Would it not be better to link LHR to cities without an existing service such as LBA, LPL, MME, etc.? That said, it would be necessary to heavily advertise these services and relentlessly promote these as a non-stop to the Thames Valley and one-stop connection to the world. There are no direct train services to Heathrow from most of the country. This would be a better use of LHR slots.
One of the lost opportunities of HS2 is not to build the Heathrow Spur, which would have given direct rail access to many places. Easyjet this year is offering an extremely poor service from Liverpool to Amsterdam. normally 3 or 4 per day, this year 1, so very short of capacity. Strikes me an opportunity for Flybe.