If IAG are buying BMI for their slots at LHR, they will want to use those slots for high yield international routes. I can't see them rushing to replace the BD flights to LHR. So will EI pick up the slack? Well, can they get the extra slots? We know they swapped slots from Cork to Aldergrove when they came here, so they can't have many to play with. Possibly, we'll see BA extend the codeshare with EI, and selling EI a few slot pairs at LHR? EI can go to 6 or 7 a day, and BA get their codeshare cut and the onward traffic?