Originally Posted by
runway30
Presumably if IAG didn't want baby then it would have been disposed of before completion in the same way as Regional will be.
I have to disagree with that conclusion. An alternative deal for baby could easily be underway, just not so far advanced. I could imagine some language in the IAG preliminary agreement to the effect that it is anticipated that Baby will be disposed of before the final agreement is signed. The most urgent part of the whole deal is IAG/bmi mainline, to start the clock ticking on the regulatory evaluation so that BA can get their hands on the slots in time for Summer 12, so I can see why there was an urgency to move that forward. The pace of the Baby disposal is not so critical.