Quote: "GLA should and could happen. VAA are using a long haul slot this summer for one of the short haul routes.
It's totally wrong that any carrier should have monopoly on any route."
Suspect whether VS starts GLA or not will depend on how well they do on ABZ, EDI and MAN. It's not neccessarily just a question of slot availability.
Agree about the monopoly situation in principle, but it's better to have one carrier than no carrier, e.g LHR-NCL.
Quote: "Glasgow -London is very well served by two carriers serving five airports, EDI more so. BMI lost money at GLA in the end but it's a big market. Is it worth a pile of lucrative LHR slots to VS though?"
Doesn't that depends whether we mean city pairs or airport pairs?
Flights to/from LHR (and LGW to a very limited extent) have potential for longhaul transfers with luggage checked through. Flights to/from the other 4 London airports do not.