<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by terenz:
I suspect they have to get ex-LHR rights first from the U.K. government. </font>
Actually, that's the crux of the conflict: the UK gov't has given the go-ahead, but problem is that they no longer have the authority to.
They ceded sovereignty of their skyways to the EC, who has very little incentive to let this flight go forth.
------------------
Faire du ciel le plus bel endroit de la terre c'est impossible sans Concorde!
~ConcordeBoy
Try the Unofficial Continental Airlines Dictionary