long thin direct routes bypassing the need to stops at hubs.
Some very good points being made regarding higher yield on developing destinations in Far East etc. But do we think there are enough slots at LHR to accommodate such flights? Of course domestic and short-haul can be cut (LBA, AGP and IBZ spring to mind amongst others...) but would there be enough O&D traffic to justify this in terms of the lost traffic from domestic/European transfers?