Just because BACX are about to announce the withdrawal of several lucrative routes, doesn't mean that BA will not still be present on the same routes!
GB will shortly announce they are to 'fill the gap' in the market by offering more capacity on routes which are pretty maxed out for RJ operations. We cannot operate larger aircraft on the routes for SCOPE reasons, so another franchise operator will be allowed to take over. (Fair play to them, they aren't hindered by inept management and leadership like us!)
Of course we were told only a few months back by our previous GMFO that GB would only operate to 'sunshine routes' not served by BACX, and that none of our routes would be handed over! HA! HA! HA! What a joke!
I no longer believe a word that comes out of their mouths.