Crewmeal
Interesting point - BHX are going to have to do some major landing fee sweeteners to attract the big birds in, something they are not renowned for....but I can't see them wanting top open the new extension without a headline grabbing new route or airline.
Looking at it the other way, if a few popular long haul routes do take off (am thinking India, at a push Singapore and China), will there be enough connecting/point to point traffic remaining on LH/AF/LX/KL for these routes to continue with present high frequencies and aircraft used?
Good luck to ZB, new schedule starts tomorrow, new based a/c and routes, lets hope its a positive start and the beginning of further expansion of their BHX routes