Tiramisu you wrote in response to what I said below :-
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Originally posted by A Lurker
In fact thinking of it - Eurofleet may stand to be the biggest losers from all of this - yet I don't think many of them realise that yet!!
"Sorry A Lurker, can you please explain what you mean by your above statement?"
What I meant by my statement was the fact that shorthaul flying as we have known it since the advent of commercial travel is no more.
Flying from the UK to mainland Europe is now solely about low cost carriers and minimal service. That is fact - "Premium" travel on carriers such as BA is financially suicidal - thats why I can see BA shorthaul evolving into a low-cost, not no-frills, but low-frills carrier - oh hold on a mo - they have just done that haven't they?
That is no reflection on shorthaul - its just where the market is at - whereas on longhaul there is still a certain demand for 'Premium' travel.
I'm not BASSA bashing or BA bashing - just stating things as I see it