So BHX will have the capacity to get to most of the World..perhaps one day the carriers too
I am sceptical of the business case for the extension, but look forward to being proved wrong!
I think that initially it will benefit the tour operators who will be able to serve the Caribbean and Mexico directly, even on the warmest days, and that the extension could be the deathknell for long haul ITX operations at EMA. After that, I suppose that with China getting more and more involved in the UK economy the prospect could be for regular scheduled ops. from Shanghai and Beijing.
What I very much doubt will happen is a massive increase in Transatlantic scheduled operations - the USA just ain't as important, relatively speaking, as it used to be, and it will be business travel, rather than leisure that will make or break all scheduled long haul ops.