Originally Posted by
Stormonttrooper
It's strange that no other airline has used the chance to use the slots as a feeder for their own global network
All they would need to do is get another airline to use smaller aircraft on their behalf and brand it as their own with a quirky nameThen eventually try to get the slots changed over to their mainline fleet to fly to America etc
Is it strange? Isn't the conclusion that actually there is no profitable use for those slots in their Remedy guise, the market has moved on? The question is---what is the process by which the Remedy restrictions might be reassessed and lifted? Does BA have to use them or lose them in the intervening period? Is LHR to LBA about to make a reappearance for example?
Just musing, would it make sense to use some of those slot pairs for the PSO routes (Newquay?) in exchange for releasing the restrictions on the others? Maybe there is scope for a deal. After all, we are talking about a potentially valuable asset here.