Quote: "Rumour on the MAN thread that AI are to start twice weekly service from 5th Jan with the newly delivered 787's.....wouldn't they have to give up slots at LHR to start this? I thought that was the whole reason BHX services ended to protect their LHR slots? Who knows with AI??"
MAN-BOM on AI? Would say not a chance, good though it would be to have more long haul ex-MAN (or BHX, GLA, etc.. for that matter)! Would expect it to be more likely with 9W if at all.
Suspect that the likes of EK, EY, QR and TK already have this particular traffic sown up!