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Old September 2nd 14, 07:31 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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"Recliner" wrote in message
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On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 13:14:48 +0100, Roland Perry
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In message , at 13:07:29 on
Tue, 2 Sep 2014, Recliner remarked:
Basically, BA puts as many flights into Heathrow as will fit, with the
overflow left in Gatwick. As long haul is more profitable, it's
largely in Heathrow, apart from beach flights. Virgin does exactly the
same.


Exactly - and it's those beach flights which are the ones least likely
to be benefiting from a hub effect.


True, but the demand is for more hub flights,


Is it?

there are plenty of people saying that it is point to point leisure that is
going to see the biggest increase in demand