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Old Feb 23, 2021 | 9:05 am
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Originally Posted by champair79
Madrid is primarily for cargo transfer between the BA and IB hubs so it is almost guaranteed to return at some point. It is dependant on both the BA and IB widebody networks expanding and returning to something approaching pre-pandemic levels to enable hub to hub freight transfers though.
Brexit (shudder) has completely turned the UK-EU freight market on it's head since a widebody last operated LHR-MAD.

I don't know enough about the intricacies of such things, but I can't imagine it not having an impact one way or the other...
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