Originally Posted by
Firipu
I think it is actually IAG that has the LGW slots, so my guess is that a combination of Vueling, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Level and BA will utilise these slots to places like ORY, BCN, MAD, FCO, DUB etc in order to keep them "active" until the time comes when they can properly reallocate their fleet and come up with a route strategy.
Or, whereever Norwegian currently fly to from LGW!
IAG isn’t an airline so don’t think they can hold slots. BA can and BA can transfer them to other airlines for a fee or for free.
Suspect short term while plans are finalized we will see the belfast/manchester routes return along with extra capacity to existing short haul routes.
Ovet the next few years I suspect BA will take the 2nd hand A388s and then trickle 772s to crawley international for new long haul routes.
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