LPL - LHR Route

[no, no, no]

The only ones really who could do it slot wise are BA (who aren't exactly in favour of short haul growth,. let alone domestic) and bmi, who have at least started new domestics recently to Aberdeen and Inverness - maybe this is where they see their strength - and it could grow further with Liverpool (which surely must be the biggest domestic market excl BHX & EMA without a Heatrow link?)

However, both bmi and BA do Manchester to LHR, so supposedly would already take pax from the Liverpool area on their flights - starting up LPL would just steal ffrom their own MAN flights - and with it being such a huge feeder route for BA, and the focus of bmi with shorthaul, regional, baby and longhaul flights, I can't see either of them giving it up?

Aren't VLM doing LCYLPL - apart from the connecting element, why would anyone want Heathrow when they have City?

Or is there a big local thing going on up there that anyone in the surrounding area doesn't want to travel from manchester just because it's in Manchester (like the old EDI v GLA arguements we keep on seeing???)

In fact just thinking about it - wouldn't bmi doing LPL and BA doing MAN be something like BA doing LHRNCL and bmi doing Teesside???? Is this an equal comparison???