Virgin Atlantic secured rights to "all of the Heathrow short-haul remedy slots" shed by British Airways' parent to gain approval for acquiring BMI

the carrier announced. "The airline will primarily focus on its flying between Scotland and Heathrow running multiple daily flights from Edinburgh and Aberdeen to London Heathrow." Virgin Atlantic said it expects those new services to coincide with the March 2013 launch of its first domestic U.K. service between London Heathrow and Manchester. The European Commission required International Airlines Group, which owns BA and Iberia, to surrender those slots.