Re 'Further Good News'
Germany and Scandinavia are certainly glaring gaps in the otherwise fairly comprehensive BRS European network though, of course, Germany wasn't too bad in the days of BAConnect and its predecessors with daily flights to FRA, DUS and MUC using the 50-seat ERJ 145s.
All that went over three years ago when Flybe decided to axe the BRS BACon base when it assumed control of the airline as its management decided it would be unprofitable.
The reason I speculate on LH is the reference .................we look to build the South West’s connectivity to key destinations across the world which to me suggests a route to a hub, unless of course it's a replacement transatlantic carrier for Continental which I don't think it is for one minute.
Or maybe it's Shaun having a bit of fun to get the BRS posters on PPRuNe adding 2 and 2 and making 97.