Guys – just to reiterate. I would bet NO-ONE inside bmi or LH knows how this will play out. Anyone who says they ‘know’ this or ‘know’ that is just building up their part! As Cloud9 sagely noted, the staff will be amongst the last to know…

This is all about shareholder value, and how that can be maximised. It is little to do with who is going to do this route or that route, this is not an operational transaction but is driven by fiscal value.

I still maintain – having sat on quite a few airline boards – that LH do NOT have ALL the relevant numbers yet. I never reported ALL my numbers to my board members, just what was relevant, as per standard commercial practice.

TA