BMI merger
OK, being wholly positive about the BMI merger, what is going to be done with it ?
There may be some fine detail about keeping services on the BMI licences to comply with slot rights, route licences, ownership by IAG and not BA, etc, but the overall image presented will be BA.
BA would appear to be back in the Middle East to all the points that went with B Med (whose cold-shouldering in the first place must surely be seen as a mistake), and indeed back to Belfast. I hope they hang on to them all. The trunk Scotland routes are still capable of pulling in a great deal of revenue, as has been found after BMI gave up Glasgow, and could do with a good recast.
All the moaners seem to go on about "only for the slots", so what might these additional slots actually be used for ? There is the sudden opportunity to do a big network recast that has not been possible for years, so what shall we do with them ?