surely SQ wouldn’t want to take custom away from their own offshoots on the LHR-JFK route? (ie SQ own 49% of Virgin)

Yeah, I was wondering about SQ, because they are ‘forced’ I guess you can say, to fly to JFK from FRA (I’ve flown them on that segment) but I suppose they would prefer to serve JFK from LHR. It’s only right for them to be granted the rights to operate this route given the aformentioned rights BA and QF have from SIN on to LHR. I had also forgotten about NZ’s LAX-LHR flights, but can they actually sell seats for just that segment, or is it just a continuation from AKL-LAX? I know TG can’t sell tickets on their SYD-AKL segment, but EK can. UA can’t sell seats on the SYD-MEL portion of the LAX-SYD flight.