I wonder how much WW is being influenced in his extreme negotiating position by conversations he's been having with MO....
Ryanair is “in active discussions with Aer Lingus here in Dublin, with IAG in the UK and TAP in Portugal” regarding interline agreements, according to CEO Michael O’Leary (Reuters, 10-Aug-2015). Mr O’Leary said: “What we see over the next five, 10 years is that we become a feeder for other long-haul airlines. The advantage for them is they would get much cheaper short-haul feed than they would from anybody else, but what they have to get themselves mentally over is that they would have to take responsibility for missed connections.”
TB - I don't think those operating LHR-JFK would agree there's a monopoly at LHR.