Egac, just reading your last post. I kept a copy of the BA write up from 2001 when BA binned BFS LHR and they wrote of losses etc. At that time BA were also using Airbus on many rotations.
At that time BA hadn't gotten to grips with the mass arrival of loco's, it had much higher cost base and had the whole 9/11 situation to compound the problem. BA could probably come to the market and make profits, but probably not at a satisfactory level. Hence I can't see it happening, and past examples suggest they have little interest in many UK domestic services. I also note that IAG report draws attention to general declines in domestic flying in both UK and ESP, so maybe that gives an indication in the Outlook.
Bmi's future in my opinion both from ww and bd point of view pose big threat to BHD airport.