Originally Posted by
willy wombat
According to posts elsewhere, Loganair has applied for 3 daily sets to move its LDY service from STN to LHR. That might actually work if they can get reasonable charges at LHR. Certainly better use of the slots than Flybe was putting them to. I would have thought Eastern might also apply to move its NQY from LGW to LHR which would also be sensible, again subject to charges. While the concept behind the remedy slots was originally to provide direct competition on set BA routes (as BA had removed the competition by buying BMI), that clearly hasn’t worked so providing better UK regional connectivity to LHR might be the best use of them.
Yes, that's what I was trying to say. How does it work? If Loganair and Eastern say 'We want those slots for LDY and NQY', who determines whether that is appropriate use of remedy slots? Do DfT and CAA have a seat at the table?