So the three alliances are there at Heathrow running at 99% of capacity busily rebalancing their operations in a growth environment. Meanwhile there's quite a lot of decent quality capacity going at Gatwick. The last thing the supermarket industry likes to do is leave space for market entry. That scenario would concentrate quite a few minds in the alliances. I agree people don't always do what they say they would do, especially when what they say is intended to influence the outcome rather than respond to a decision.
26th Jul 2013 09:23
Your analysis is flawed. Any one alliance moving would lose a competitve edge overnight as this particular market has shown a preference for LHR, every analysis of customer behaviour and spending patterns shows this. It's not exactly like a supermarket as this has already happened. BA downsized massively at LGW and market share was sacrificed to EZY. BA's profits
ROSE.