Originally Posted by
Yachtman
Also the Middle Eastern and Asian airlines are serving the regions now, so with reasonable prices you can travel Eastbound in a quality long haul business class product the entire way, whereas BA via Heathrow would result in no tangible premium experience until reaching the lounges at T5 after a disappointing domestic segment.
... and yet the proportion of total UK traffic handled by London area airports (circa 60%) has remained pretty much the same over the last 15 years...