Originally Posted by
Skipness One Foxtrot
Didn't the govt of Ghana threaten to revoke BA's route authority unless they continued to serve LHR? They had intended to drop LHR-ACC entirely in favour of LGW.
Yes, but if Ghana Airlines doesn't get access to Heathrow the Ghanian government may not be happy about BA keeping their flights from Heathrow. Could be interesting diplomacy!
I think the reason for the Gatwick 3 weekly service is that BA wants to increase capacity on this route but doesn't wish to use another Heathrow slot and has spare slots at Gatwick. Could also be a testing of the water exercise. It has obviously been approved by the Ghanian authorities partly I expect because the Heathrow flights are also continuing. They are also probably looking ahead to their own airline being given permission to serve the route.