"Full Service Airline" you say?
I hope for a ME (But no one has suitable equipment as far as I know) or US carrier. I don't think it will be either of those.
I'm not too fussed about a 'full service airline' (and what's one of those these days anyway?), but I do think it's time to have an 'alliance affiliated' airline other than Skyteam.
I'm trying hard with SN to BRU, but BRU isn't a good hub and particularly not for long-haul.
If I was writing to Hr. Prock-Schauer at bmi, I'd be encouraging him to take his soon-to-be-returned-from-Lufthansa-Italia A319 and sending it off from BRS to useful places like ZRH, MUC, CPH or even FRA. That would even be in line with his recent comments about BD's future role delivering UK passengers to LH group hubs. Failing that, another jungle jet would do.
Twice weekly to ARN/OSL on SK (or a relocation of LH's Summer Saturdays NQY-DUS!) would be a disappointment.