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Skipness One Echo
Is it illegal post Brexit to ring fence a % of slots for domestic routes?
i.e. JER, GCI, IOM, LPL, LBA and maybe even MME?
For the benefit of the third runway, HAL would likely not see that as a dealbreaker.
Not beyond the wit of man to work this out surely?
LHR's case for regional connectivity relies on an airline operating the route. If you ringfence the slot but they are either not used or require a subsidy (like FlyBe now) to be used then it is a net cost rather than a benefit.
The only argument LHR is winning is the connectivity one. The economic, environmental, and regional connectivity arguments have been lost.