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Jun 16, 2021 | 11:46 pm

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Originally Posted by TraumaDoc

…could the pandemic prove BA/BACF's ticket to a return to the regions? With some of the smaller players falling by the wayside there is certainly an opportunity there for those routes where the A320s/737s of U2 and FR are too big. Loganair and Eastern are the main alternative operators, but as we've seen with the MME-LHR codeshare, there is opportunity for collaboration.

I'd like to see LM brought into closer affiliation with BA again - ideally as a franchise, but otherwise a blanket codeshare and earn/burn relationship. oneworld connect maybe?

I'm not sure of the details/union agreements that prevent CJ from operating at LHR/LGW, but if that could be resolved, CJ feed to mainline could be useful on thinner domestic routes that BA are too big for. Especially if it protects LHR slots for a few years while mainline frequencies recover.

CJ to LHR/LGW + CJ regional point to point + LM codeshares... seems like a idea from the 90s, but might be viable in the current market.

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