it will be interesting to see what Lufthansa do with the MME/LBA - LHR routes, but if they do start long haul from LHR, these kind of routes would feed into the long haul, maybe even try and tempt people away from KLM to Amsterdam. Or if they do stop the flights to LHR because they want to use the slots for something else, how about a EMB-145 flying to Frankfurt 3 times a day to feed the long haul flights from there instead?