Re: BACitiExpress The final solution!
I think the problems stem from 1997 when BA underestimated the arrival of easyJet at Liverpool. The problem is that if BA/BACON give up anymore slots or routes up at Manchester then that would give "the big orange" a possible entrance into Manchester.
Wizz Air will be operating to Gdansk from Liverpool and a catchment area isn't really based on population but based on the routes served from a given airport. With regards to Gdansk, the catchment area from Liverpool is larger, than say the catchment for Malaga, because it is the only service to that city from the North of England/Midlands.