At the end of the day any business needs to be run prudently.staff have got to be productive and big gaps during the day result in staff not being productive .
I totally agree that London should be double daily however summer might be the best time to introduce this.
With lba and brs gone from October the winter months will drag down passenger numbers. They will have to attract mainland Europe routes e.g Germany/France as mentioned by management previously to bulk up passenger numbers for 2012.
Manchester will also take a dip in passenger numbers with the loss of ww.
However going forward the airport seem to have a good relationship with fr and now flybe of which one may introduce brs again for summer 2012 .