Originally Posted by
ATNotts
Since BA doesn't operate a feeder from BHX to LHR, and therefore loses a chunk of what could be their LHR business to the likes of LH, AF, KL, LX etc I would have thought this would be a reson why IB should serve MAD from BHX, thus bringing revenue into IAG that is currently going elsewhere - or have I lost the plot on this one?
Not at all, I agree entirely with you.
The alternative argument is "we have a captive market - they'll all go to LHR anyway, so no need to cannibalise our own market." And there are at least two fallacies in that last sentence...
