Many seem to forget that it suits a lot of people/organisations to keep an almost long-haul monopoly at Lhr. How many times have we been told that yields are higher at Lhr? That is because they can charge higher fares there. Keep Lgw from expanding and that cosy position can be maintained. So for the travel establishment, it is a no brainer, shut Lgw out. Sadly, our government fell for it. So every time a new carrier launches a route from Lgw, what is the first we hear? Lgw is only the waiting room until they can get a slot at Lhr. Why? Better yields. And even though we have been hearing that Lhr is full for the last 20 years, they keep finding new slots to take those waiting carriers from Lgw to Lhr, so Lgw never gets a chance to compete effectively in the long-haul market. Status quo maintained. And for as long as the main airport for long-haul is Lhr, fares will remain higher as a result and we will pay for it. WE are fed a constant load of dosh by that same establishment of the need for extra slots to develop new long-haul markets. I bet that if those same markets were considered as profitable and essential as we are told, they would have flights now. I really hope Norwegian are hughly successful and disrupt this cosy arrangement big time.