different way of thinking
Merging&Aquisition
What about if the long future plan is to build up an AOC and operate this steadily to be bought by somebody else later?
EasyJet could be interested in longhaul, Ryanair could need them, JetBlue could need them, SAS Ireland could have an interest, Eurowings could be interested or maybe Wizz.
Nobody knows, but everything is possible.