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Old Aug 4, 2020, 2:53 am
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Originally Posted by irishguy28
If BA isn't going to use the slots, then they should just be directly made available to those who will actually use them.
And in the next 12-months, with increasingly likely local and national lock downs globally, India at record cases, the USA in complete denial and Africa a basket case, I do not see a rush of airlines queuing up to buy these slots. There is no demand for this amount of flying and this will be the case for years. I speculate that Heathrow will not be a slot restricted airport in practice until 2022 at the earliest.

Still being in business as an airline this time next year will be the only focus for most, if not all.
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