Nope. Four airlines could not make LGW work.
BE no longer have a base so they can't operate it and decided they could make more money elsewhere.
Norwegian could make more money flying to beach destinations. Filling a 737 at any meaningful frequency, whilst still turning a profit will be near impossible. Besides, having a non native name operating domestic routes within the UK never worked - just ask Air Berlin.
Ryanair - see above
Eastern - too small a plane, doesn't fit in with LGWs preference for larger planes.
BMIR - too small a plane, and would entail basing another unit to operate LGW at business friendly times. No connections and no feed, unlike their BRU service.
Jet2 - been there, done that.
BA - been there, done that. Even having served the route many years with a loyal following, and connections too, they decided it not worth operating the service. I can't see them coming back.
BACF (ops by Eastern) from LCY - not enough high yielding city types to make it work like IOM did with this set up.
Anyone else would need to operate as a W pattern. And with that the chance of operating a sensible timetable is slim to none.
NCLLGW is a dead route, you'll all see next year when our only London service is LHR. Most of the above can be applied to STN too. LHR is the only sustainable prospect of London, with a balance of O&D and connecting pax.
Any London route has lots of competition from ground transport options with people more inclined to use them if the price is not right which means your yields will never have that much potential throughout the the week, only on a few peak services.
Last edited by INeedTheFull90; 25th Sep 2014 at 17:21.