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Old Oct 13, 2020, 1:13 pm
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PGberkshire
 
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Originally Posted by BAeuro
I would love to see the figures for short haul routes and see which ones are the most profitable and how many are loss making.

They have really turned the short haul program around though over the last decade.

They have diversified and launched many new leisure routes at weekends. This has not only filled the planes during dips in business traffic but actually produced some really good profits! I doubt any of the summer low frequency routes are loss making because BA are quick to drop them if they are, plus they can easily revert the plane back to its old business route.

They have scrapped catering in ET and would have got a healthy profit from ancillary revenue over the last few years. By densifying the planes they have been able to sell more seats and reduce costs per head.

LHR - MAN must be the most profitable (per flight). Such a short route, never cheap (especially compared to Bordeaux / Barcelona / AMS etc) I hate the northern tax!!!
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