BA and AA are seeking anti-trust immunity because it will enable them to squeeze existing Heathrow-US competitors off key routes.

Quite possibly, which is why it is likely to get a green light from anti-trust watchdogs in America, where ITA has most of its business.

NIA, along with the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA), has been at the forefront of helping expose JP Morgan's silver price suppression scheme.