Lba - Lgw
Does anyone think there could be a future for this route again ?
In my memory, it's been operated by Air Anglia, Air UK, Capital, CityFlyer and BACX, the latter two obviously in the guise of BA.
Since BACX cleared out of LBA we haven't had the Gatwick connection. I guess the BA operators were providing mainly interline traffic to international routes from Gatwick.
I suppose that old chestnut, slots, would be the stumbling block with Gatwick. If these are still at a premium it's a question of whether an LBA connection would be viable at the expensive of a potentially more profitable route. Could the route be nurtured ?
I confess to being surprised at Jet2's decision to fly to CDG from LBA. Maybe they'd care to surprise me again with a Gatwick route, after all, they don't seem to be afraid to try, and I can't really see BMI doing it whilst they're on the LHR run.