RE: Allocated seating the routes were decided primarily because they want to test the system across varying boarding arrangements, handling agents and airport systems aswell as over a mixture of leisure/City and short/long distance flights.
RE: Takeovers. Carolyn McCall right up until the other day has always insisted that they anticipate organic growth. They apparently 'half heartedly' looked at bmi but LHR was never going to be an option. There is however a couple of rumours around the company. That said the board would never really admit anything such as that but by the same token rumours are always rife in this industry as we always know.
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