Originally Posted by
Rutan16
BA ( IAG) really couldn’t give a flying fig about the regions evidence the collapse in numbers on the none shuttle down the road , and sometimes eye watering point to point fares !
That said the rail alternative with Avanti is piss poor and stupid expensive these days . At least Lime Street has an albeit slow competitor in London Northern Western .
And as Greenfinch regularly demonstrates alternative hub carriers are available these days; one that serves MORE onward global destinations at that, whilst Aer Lingus now serves many US cities via Dublin.
That said Aer Lingus seem to have a disturbing cancellation and substitution rate from what I have observed.
That can’t be good for public confidence
Think Loganair are the ones to launch an LHR connection, if ever.
Daily Embraer or ATR, perhaps on a W pattern, leaving about 06:30 and coming back for 14:00.
If BA ostensibly have half a brain, they would launch this route.
LPL already has DUB and FRA as connection hubs. KLM I expect to see at some point in the forseeable, they are the masters of UK connections
You also have MAN up the road, and if a good chunk of the pre-TCX failure US network is recovered, is a big player too.
It makes all the sense in the world to launch a LHR-LPL route, but that won't work in the eyes of Tory Airways!!