Quote: "So why doesnt IAG do to BA what it did to Iberia? ie. Iberia run long haul and Iberia express run short haul ? After all it was the BACityflyer business model they used to set up Iberia Express, so whats good for the madrid end of the business will probably work at the London end as well, sure the London end will scream and shout just like the Madrid end is doing, but I am sure IAG will quell the dissenting voices."
They had the opportunity to do just that, marlowe, it was called BD ("British Midland"). Returning BD to its original short haul role and running BA and BD as two stand alone airlines was a possibility but they went down the road of integration.
Quote: "The fact is, that BA doesn't have, and won't ever have the slots at LHR to move its routes from LGW over. The BD slots are needed for new routes and increases frequencies on important routes. LGW serves its purpose as a primarily leisure based operation".
Certainly without LHR expansion, BA (and VS) will be at LGW forever, johnrizzo2000, there's also a question of adequate terminal capacity. Despite LHR-5, BA have still been in 2 terminals at LHR and are now in 3!
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