Originally Posted by
sigma421
But what is the alternative arrangement here? MAN has a domestic offering and basically says to BA 'take it or leave it', BA won't leave because the route presumably provides a lot of long haul feed they don't want to surrender to KLM, Air France and Lufthansa. As much as I'd love the answer to be LBA, I have to assume the numbers didn't work well enough when they tried it pre-COVID. It's deeply crap, and I'm hardly a BA advocate but since any improvements would basically require MAG to get the builders in, I don't really see what BA can do. I suppose stamping their feet until they're allowed back into T1/3 is one option but is that better for the non-lounge eligible passenger?
Selfishly, I really wish BA would reconsider LBA. LBA has improved since its recent expansion (although getting there is still a bit of a faff). MAN doesn't just serve Lancashire, it ends up serving Yorkshire as well. The arrivals process in MAN now seems so bad, it's now become a disincentive to connect via LHR, flying BA because even if I wanted to stick with BA, I'm better off flying AY, QR, CX etc and arriving as an international passenger than experiencing the domestic route.