Originally Posted by
davidjohnson6
What killed BHX-LHR flights in the early 1990s ? I'm guessing the opening of the M40
I wonder if Swampy knew how much environmental damage he was doing allowing BHX-LHR flights to continue when coming out of his tunnel and allowing road construction would have ended the flights ?
I'm not so sure. I reckon that BMI expanding European routes from LHR required the slots that were occupied with BHX/LHR which probably carried very little point to point business, unllike routes to LHR from further north.
Connecting traffic formerly routing via LHR found new hub points such as AMS, CDG and FRA to transfer.