Could Gatwick airport ever persuade one of the “Big Three” airline alliances to defect from Heathrow?

Yesterday’s (Monday) Financial Times featured an interesting story where the Chief Executive of London Gatwick, Stewart Wingate, postulated (known in politics and the press as “kite flying”) that if a second runway for Gatwick was approved, one of the “Big Three” airline alliances could be persuaded to defect from Heathrow airport.

Is there any mileage in this?

Put simply, I don’t think so.

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New & Noteworthy: Air-France KLM finds a buy for CityJet, London Heathrow Terminal Moves, Lufthansa Miles & More

Here are a few new & noteworthy items for today, Friday 7 June:

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New & Noteworthy: Lufthansa, Qantas, Iberia, Israel Open Skies, Alitalia

Here are a few new & noteworthy items for today, Sunday 21 April:

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