ANZ......er they have applied before ! Sorry only us "old Gits" go back that far !
Simply applying for slots is no confirmation the flight will start, last time (circa 10 years back) it was just a bargaining chip.
They wanted extra flights into LHR and applied for additional service into BOTH LHR and MAN.... there was never any intention to serve MAN but the desired result quickly came to pass. They covered their tracks by applying for MAN in case they could not "up" the LHR service....
...and lo it then came to pass that slots suddenly became available and LHR increased !
Here endeth the 3rd lesson ! Hope i'm wrong !