LHR-MAN used to be one of BA's most profitable routes a long time ago, but not so today. BMI can't rteally make it work and today's BA services are a shadow of what they were, because of fierce competition from the train (Virgin as it happens at present). With a service every 20 minutes and a 2 hour journey time city-to-city, the airlines can't compete for domestic travel. A large part of the LHR-MAN is now connecting traffic.

Therefore, (sadly) MAN is not a prize worth winning (or giving).

EDI might be different!

LHR/MAN ,unfortunately ,has not been one of BA's most profitable routes , certainly not in the last 25 years , if ever. ( even looking at the shorthaul side let alone the network ). Its raison d'etre , has also been to feed traffic connecting on to the rest of the network .Not only did it have one of the highest % of connecting traffic on domestic and shorthaul as a whole but a fair part of these connecters where high yield Premium psgrs
In its heyday in 80s/90s there was also a lot of pt to pt necessitating 767s on peak rotations but this was killed off by a combination of shorter rail journeys and the increased checkin times and processing times on such a short sector post 9/11.Therefore the route has shrank back to mainly connecting.

A lot of BMI traffic is also connecting , most likely to *A partners and the demise of a BMI operated service will probably see this traffic migrate via other *A gateways rather then to BA.I don-t think BA will alter freq/capacity significantly unless they have to politically.

EDI is different as you suggest.
It has consistently been the top domestic performer with a high proportion of high yield pt to pt though connecters area also significant.
BA would need to increase frequency / capacity on this route in the event there is no longer competition on this route in order to satisfy demand.

I guess this is a bit off thread (BMI).

I believe there will be yet another announcement tomorrow :rolleyes:

Anyone who hasn't worked out who it is, needs help!

IAG I guess..

Maybe...

Maybe not...

Say again slowly - If you're going to talk in riddles, then don't bother unless you have something definitive to add to the forum.

If I were a betting man, my money would be on IAG.

The betting man is usually the victim of believing the obvious odds.

However, I am not a betting man..... :ok:

181 posts in 6 years and you're getting mouthy about someone not contributing to this forum?

Aye, whatever...

Oh and for your info, if it's not IAG, I will be stunned.

mutualswap

I hope you all get the best possible outcome.

Thanks, though most of us are bored with it now and just want to get on with whatever happens next. The uncertainty is the bad bit. At least if you know what's happening you can deal with it.

BBC news saying the deal has been done by IAG at around £170m

And this is where Branson and his team start throwing their toys out of the pram by proclaiming how unfair it is!

IAG Press release with addtional info about the future-

IAG - International Airlines Group - News Release

Branson will always moan about how unfair things are but I would rather take my chances with IAG, at least they might have some sort of a plan that sees a future for bmi and at least some of its staff.

Looks like the waiting is over
BBC News - Lufthansa sells BMI to BA owner IAG

I guess the bmi staff will be briefed after the press.

IAG - International Airlines Group - News Release=