KLM/KLC your surely referring to.
Even they look at the balance of connecting over P2P and there is evidence that when the balance is wrong overly reliant on connecting with little P2P individual routes can and do become unviable
NOTE suspension of LPL and transfer of Southampton to third party risk directly on these grounds.
NWi/MME/HUY/ABZ all survive because of lucative OIL contracts rather than local catchment area feed alone.
Other major points MAN/BHX/BRS continue to have significant P2P in ADDITION to transfers.
A I said the domestic legs are far from a bl**dy taxi service and the new LBA will have targets and performance measurements set.
These will detail such things as balance of FULL Fare and third party interline traffic with in house connections.
If the route has too high a portion of connections (taxi service) and these slots can be more effectively used elsewhere those 525 seats each way may be sacrificed.
I want to believe the LHR-LBA_LHR services will be a success however my cynisism remains .