The LON-Cairo Winter 2010/11 rights decision has been made by the CAA. bmi retain 4xWeekly UK rights, but don't get the extra 3 they wanted. Not sure how common knowledge this is, but bmi are currently using 3 weekly Egyptian rights on LHR-CAI. In return bmi are providing financial consideration and letting Egyptair use an LHR slot for a nominal sum. Egyptair are apparently negotiating for a further LHR slot
Also noteworthy is that in it's evidence to the CAA, bmi said an A330 would become available in March 2011 that could possibly be used on LHR-CAI. Does that mean bmi could be geting an extra A330 next summer, or are changes to Saudi services being considered?
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/213/201009...isionFinal.pdf