I think if BA do buy BMI due to their agreement with EI and BFS management desperate to get new airlines in due to their recent refurbishments I think there is a good chance that whatever routes are kept they will all move to BFS and as for the heathrow route I think EI would just increase freq. Just a thought, and would be nice to see BA up at the international again
Short term would EI have the capacity to up freq at BFS? Perhaps we could see EI staffing and operating 3 daily from the BFS end and BA operating 3 a day from LHR end? 6 a day should probably be enough to cover the demand. No night stops, no new crew base required at Belfast and free's up 3 slot pairs for LHR expansion.
If BA really wanted to maximise their market share of Belfast via Heathrow to the rest of the world, the best solution is their on metal into T5 from Belfast.
Bad news for BHD unless Luffy have a change of heart.