Does anyone know what BD's loads ORK-LBA are? I would think LBA would be a better baby route since LBA has no connections worth talking about. However, LBA seems to be a Regional outpost from what I can see.
MAN on the other hand gives connections to German and Scandinavian routes via LH/SK and Toronto with AC, as well as BD's own Caribbean routes + LAS and ORD. If BD hadn't sabotaged IAD to open Riyadh that would be there too.
(incidentally, bmi's timetable offers "Manchester to Manchester" via IAD, but they mean Manchester NH at one end but don't say so
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