SMB give the staff a penny of his hard earned cash?
I think we should forget everything that has happened under his stewardship when we consider what lies ahead. Lufthansa have now got a large foothold at LHR. As the biggest player in the Star Alliance it would make perfect sense to utilise bmi as their conduit for expanding the Star presence at LHR. Building the operation around the global needs of Star carriers that use LHR as a hub. Quite simply, forget how bmi have approached the airlines business in the past.
Possible expansion by bmi operating Long haul routes that are prohibitive to the larger Star airlines at present to less well known destinations that may be of benefit to Star as a whole. Opening up access of bmi slots to benefit other larger Star carriers.
Expand the middle East and open Far East/China to Star at LHR.
Take on BA/VS on certain lower yield routes where they are struggling with larger aircraft.
Feeders throughout Europe that offer choice of onward connections from other worldwide destinations to worldwide destinations.
Exercise a degree of control of what other Star carriers already operating out of LHR do or wish to do, for the self interest of Lufthansa.
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