I don't entirely disagree with the logic people have posted but the fact is, BA also operates it's own metal on LHR-MAD which would still give a T5 option for customers that really valued it.
The majority of overspill in T3 with the likes of Gibraltar, Olbia and Perugia for example, much of the Eastern European network and certain long-haul routes like Las Vegas makes sense. It's particular city routes like Lyon, Oslo and Vienna however that unquestionably will have greater connecting traffic than some of the short haul capacity they do have in T5 that seems surprising and why BA would forego the added convenience for those markets connecting to it's own services to facilitate a copious amount of MAD capacity with Iberia and other leisure orientated routes. The logic that Iberia is the same management under IAG would mean Aer Lingus and Vueling should also be in T5, but it's obvious why they're not. I guess we agree to disagree.
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