"Nothing to see here. Move along."
Well, yes and no. We had been led to believe the London service would be LGW or STN and MAG were pushing for a double deal with the latter. If Hainan have put LHR in the frame, it does seem likely that application would be refused. One would hope the MAN application would be dealt with separately and Hainan would move to plan B for London without any impact on the MAN service. But who knows.