I think the issue with LHR is a bit like the London centric thing. If you live outside the Home Counties and London then LHR is in the wrong place and generally people have voted with their feet and use other hubs in Europe or indeed those in the Middle East or take direct flights to Far East.
You can see this at any UK large regional and an even easier demonstration is look at the drop off in flights by the likes of BA/VS to Australia along with many other European carriers on that route as people use the ME3 soon to be 4 with TK or indeed SQ. They are in a different league for customer experience.
The North Atlantic is really one of the few routes where LHR still holds sway and that is as much to do with geographical location of the UK as much as LHR or UK carriers.
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Mr Mac
Last edited by Mr Mac; 25th Jan 2024 at 09:29.