Originally Posted by
etiene
Britain just isn't big enough for a multi-hub long haul airline, and like it or not the short-haul operation only works as a mix of feeder traffic and O&D. Attempting anything different as a publically traded company would be irresponsible.
indeed. Plus nowhere else in the UK is economically productive enough to justify a separate hub - Manchester and surrounding regions aren’t quite in the Munich and Bavaria league.