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tim... · June 12th 18, 06:32 AM posted to uk.transport.london

"Recliner" wrote in message
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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:24:43 on Mon, 11 Jun
2018, remarked:

It's a marginal problem. Some destinations aren't worth flying to with
either the transfer passengers or the local passengers as the sole
load.
Add the two together, and you have a full plane which makes a profit,
as
against two part full ones, neither of which is profitable. It costs
almost the same to fly empty as full.

So currently no actual examples from either roland or you.

I remember when flights to Seattle from Heathrow were only four times a
week. Picking up transfer passengers from Europe meant they could go to
daily.

Heathrow has a poor network to South and central America. That could
improve if it had more slots and could provide more transfer
opportunities.

It could

but I'd put money on it not

unfortunately, I think we will all be dead before we find out

tim