The DfT announcement on LHR-NQY does not specify, but I presume these new PSO-supported slots are picked from the pool of ex-bmi remedy slots that, by happy coincidence, are being operated by the same carrier. If so, I wonder which frequencies or routes we'll see dropped.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/t...l-and-heathrow

Overall, this move seems to solve a number of political, financial and operational inconveniences.

Well none of it is "data", it's just a set of relative performance rankings. I don't recall arguing otherwise.

No, I'm not. See above.

There is insufficient information to allow any extrapolation, so I haven't attempted any.

There is, however, enough information to verify whether the rules of the scheme (as defined by Heathrow, and based purely on rankings and weighting) are being applied correctly.

They clearly aren't.

Heathrow could very easily defuse any criticism by simply telling us how many points each metric ranking has contributed to any given airline's aggregate score. But that's not going to happen, because the whole thing would fall apart like a house of cards. If you have in-house access to those numbers, I'll be very interested to know what you think.

Can's see a discussion on this anywhere else, seems as good a place as any!

The UK and the USA have reached an open-skies deal

British Airways adding 2 new summer routes from London Heathrow for 2019

Ljubljana = 2x weekly = Mon & Fri (Ops from July 15th until September 2nd)
Montpellier = 4x weekly = Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat (Ops from July 15th until September 2nd)

British Airways - LOOK AHEAD TO SUMMER AS SCHEDULE SHAPES UP

Ljubljana is a new route, but Montpellier was served twice a week from LHR in Summer 2017.

https://www.standard.co.uk/business/heathrow-warns-on-brexit-blow-to-profits-as-sp-sounds-ratings-alert-a4022571.html?amp&__twitter_impression=true

No surprise, S&P just reporting what is already known. Brexit has already hit the UK economy with a 'broadside'. Whicever way it goes now, we cannot claw back what is lost.

Anyone want to run a book on when the first Drone will be spotted at LHR? Given the anti brigade are far stronger & nuttier there than around LGW it can't be long............

You're a bit behind the times, there have already been multiple reports of drone activity at LHR.

Thats a UK Border Force issue/planned exercise.

B777 operating MAD-LHR tomorrow BA461

Yes, BA460/461 is normally a B77W, occasionally a B772 or A321.

Sorry - didn't know that.

Heathrow
 

Flybe have announced a new link between London Heathrow and Guernsey. The first scheduled service for over 20 years between the two airports.

The new route will operate the following service daily between 31 March - 26 October;

Depart Guernsey 1440 - Arrive Heathrow 1545
Depart Heathrow 1720 - Arrive Guernsey 1825

Operated by 78-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft, seats are available for booking now on Flybe.com

https://www.visitguernsey.com/magazine/flybe-announces-daily-heathrow-guernsey-airlink/

yes -and it's one of their oldest ones normally - last time I took it it was pretty shabby inside....................

That was true up to the end of last summer.

More recently, the BA460/461 has almost always been one of the much newer 777-300ER.