On the flight details that appeared temporarily in GDS, I would have thought CX 294 would be the outbound flight from MAN and CX 295 the inbound. Aren't the odd numbers the arrivals into LHR or is it not consistent in Europe?
It's a matter for the carrier
AFAIK, the difference is usually dependent on whether travel is to the carrier's hub airport or from it.
"If we do not add more capacity in the South East we will lose traffic to AMS, CDG etc".
Already happening, with KL leading the field feeding its Schiphol hub from more than twice as many UK airports as BA is feeding its Heathrow hub.
There "appears" to be a momentum led by the airlines to look NORTH, with Davies due to report next year can somebody please grasp the nettle or Davies by the throat and suggest that if he looked at the evidence there are "also" options outside the M25 !
No matter how it's dressed up, the Davies Commission is effectively tasked to deal with the capacity crunch at Heathrow.
It is not the role of the Commission to make the business case for long haul flights to/from Ringway. That's for the Manchester business communities, local governments, and others to do. If there is a case to make, and there almost certainly is, this means flights to Ringway for its own sake, not as a Heathrow substitute.
As for Davies, the only realistic option "
outside the M25" is to have Heathrow extended enough to fit in 2 more parallel rwys.
"up here chaps ...wave everybody, yes that's us North of Watford"
Think that should be "North of Watford
GAP", the M1 services that is the traditional changeover from South to Midlands, not Watford, Herts.
That would be silly considering that three of the many "London" airports are north of Watford: Luton, Oxford and Stansted.