Easier ways to kill Aer Lingus than spending hundreds of millions buying it and shutting it down
Arguable point Racedo, however, we could apply this rationale to Buzz. Why did FR acquire Buzz if they could have closed it in this way?
We could argue the toss but yes FR could make life hard for EI but price is not the only driver in the choice of airline. Yes Price is important but there is a much bigger point here, Aer Lingus can afford to be a little more expensive than FR but still attract a sustainable number of passengers to its services.
In terms of 'easier ways to kills Aer Lingus', this hasnt worked on many routes where FR perservere with low low prices, e.g. Stockholm Dublin?
Many many other markets where FR cannot penetrate EI's position to any great extent namely to slot constrained airports and for the business of interlining which onless FR has a direct service between the points, it is a market that AerLingus does well with and FR cannot touch. E.g. Stockholm Dublin Boston eg.
Also routes like Dublin Bristol, Aer Arann in the guise of EI well able to hold its own, despite great FR schedule and lower prices.
FR is a fantastic Success story but its motives for acquiring EI in my opinion are not in the interest of Ireland.
EI-BUD