Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Heathrow's definition of full is that it can't accommodate any more flights within the 480,000 pa ATM limit.
Routes come and go, as new ones get added, others are quietly dropped. A year ago you could fly direct from LHR to Almaty, Entebbe, Madeira and Rotterdam, for example - today you can't.
I have noticed this also, BA quietly drop routes, another one being Alicante, and big up new routes. But I don't understand how BA are adding so many routes this year after quoting that LHR was operating at capacity last year. There as also been a big increase in summer seasonal flights over last year and this year also with some, namely Corfu, adding more frequencies.