Dublin & Madrid are not much good for me as I live a few miles north of Heathrow. More relevently is not much good for two thirds of BA's Heathrow traffic.
BA had just over 40% of LHR slots prior to the merger with BMI now its 50%. They could stop flying their own metal to DUB & still be guaranteed feed. They don't need more slots at the moment.
EU legislation would, I understand, give 50% of the slots created to new entrants. More competition for BA (& IAG). Go figure!
Its interesting that if an airline decides to expand capacity it doesn't raise fares for existing passengers - or at least the EU3 & TK aren't - its financed by borrowing which is (hopefully) repaid by future revenues. Should this apply to LHR? Okay, we live in the real world.
Last edited by Peter47; 12th Dec 2015 at 18:51.