Originally Posted by
escape2sun
I suspect that some of the old 747's may not be retired straight away and used for extra capacity on some of the busier routes and utilise the available slots at Heathrow.
Most people seem to think that RTM and LBA are slot sitters until they get more longhaul aircraft.
They could probably also get away with cutting a few MAN rotations (I'll be a shame though) if they needed extra slots.