also bfs was dealt a horrible blow after sept 11 and ba mainline used this to pull out of northern ireland like a shot.they claimed that the shuttle service was losing money but when pax were connecting from bfs to europe and beyond with ba,their revenue management were told to allocate one pound sterling to the bfs-lhr-bfs sectors and the remainder of the fare to the onward connection no wonder they showed a loss on the route they wanted to