A reallocation of slots at Heathrow has restored nine long-haul nonstop routes and lifted long-haul frequencies 6%, widening the map of where Londoners can fly direct. The change is administrative, not infrastructural, and all the faster for it.
For the connecting traveller it means fewer stops; for rival hubs it is renewed competition on routes they had quietly absorbed. WorldTravelBrief tracks the restored map route by route.