Originally Posted by ClipperDelta
Sorry, but AA/BA's stranglehold on LHR-US traffic needs to be broken as well. The big difference is that the U.S. has open skies treaties with all of those countries and nothing is preventing AA from flying or adding more flights to France, Italy,Holland, and the Czech Republic. However, DL, NW, and CO are all PREVENTED from taking a crack at the world's most lucrative international market because of that archaic Bermuda II agreement. So it's not really on an equal basis that this fight is being conducted! We're not comparing apples with apples here.
Point taken. Even if they did away with Bermuda II things would not change much because LHR is slot restricted and if and only if the U.K. gov. opens more slots then even with the lifting of B II, DL, NW, and CO would be left out unless the repeal of B II included lifting slot restrictions at LHR and that is something that the U.K. gov won't do anytime soon. Especially because the BAA is spending a ton of money updating LGW right now. Hey I would love to see LHR service from DFW.