Originally Posted by
orbitmic
What this actually says is that BA gets the top spot route but none of the other nine, four of which involve LHR... but not for BA (EK for DXB, SQ for SIN, CX for HKG, QR for DOH).
in other words, LHR is a goose that lays the five golden eggs, but BA only manages to get one of them in its own hub...
Exactly. When I read the top of the article I was expecting mostly BA routes. In fact only one out of the top 10. So I would have thought there are many airlines who could argue they dont want more LHR slots created etc etc. Poor journalism but interesting reading in the detail.