Originally Posted by
NickB
Very few as most people pay for their tickets and the price of tickets to the UK is quite comparable to the price of tickets to other European destinations, APD notwithstanding (in other words: in practice, airlines largely absorb the cost of APD in their fares).
Thats not true for many airlines. Coming from the East, I have a QR booking in J that's almost £200 cheaper to CPH that it was to LHR - it's paying for me to look around a new city and the extra flight to London. It was £80 cheaper in Y.
China Eastern, Air China and China Southern are all approx £80 cheaper to fly to other major European destinations, 3 airlines the UK should really be wanting to attract.