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Re-reading the original article, I'm not sure Mr Marshall does his argument any favours with the strange scenario that he paints: foreign airline X desires more slots at Heathrow, finds it can't get them, so then throws a hissy fit and pulls out all its flights, moving them to Amsterdam, Frankfurt or wherever."
Would they do that? If so they would probably lease the slots and make some money in their absence.
AFAIK, correct me if this wrong, but my reading of the situation is that these carriers would stay at LHR but
expand their operations at AMS, CDG, FRA, etc., because of an inability to do so at LHR.
The point is that they're not going to MAN, BHX, STN, etc.. and only a handful are using LGW as an "overflow"
for the time being.