British Midland International (Bmi) will suspend its seven daily flights between London Heathrow and Glasgow from March 27.
The Lufthansa-owned airline has blamed the decision on a 50% increase in domestic passenger charges at BAA-owned London Heathrow. According to reports, Bmi has been losing £1 million per month on the route.
Bmi has also asked the Civil Aviation Authority to investigate BAA, launching a complaint under section 41 of the Airports Act 1986, which gives the CAA powers to impose conditions on airports found to be anti-competitive.
In a statement the airline said it believes BAA is “unreasonably discriminating against domestic passengers and domestic operators from London Heathrow”.
The axing of the route means travellers will have no choice but to fly with British Airways (BA) between the two airports.
It also leaves Star Alliance with no representative on the route, which Qatar Airways and Lufthansa used to codeshare with Bmi on the route.
Bmi said it remains committed to Scotland will continue to focus on “strongholds” like Edinburgh and Aberdeen, which each operate six times a day.
It seems Bmi will redeploy the A320 aircraft currently used on the Heathrow-Glasgow route to start flights to Morocco and Norway.
From April 1, the carrier will start daily flights to Bergen and Stavanger in Norway, plus three times weekly flights to Marrakech.
Flights from London Heathrow to Casablanca will operate four times per week from April 2.
Bmi aircraft will also be used to operate some Lufthansa services from Birmingham and Manchester to Frankfurt.
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