stev
the Irish government come in and fall out with him over financing new planes
What financing are you talking about? The A320s are mostly coming in on lease as the 737s are going out.
The A330 replacements will be financed by private money, whenever the govt gets the bottle to face the unions down. With AA now coming on the transatlantic, ditching the codeshare, that had better be sooner than later for EI's sake.