Originally Posted by
Skipness One Foxtrot
They withdrew blooded and beaten last time.
Ryanair just flooded LGW with capacity on NOC, SNN +1 other (?) just to make life impossible for EZY. I wonder if they've an agreement not to repeat such a bloody undertaking? Of course as soon as EZY gave up, FR just dropped half the new LGW routes!
FR offer STN, LTN, LGW though, but you're right, IAG really seem to have too much sewn up.
The other was Cork which actually ended up being served 3x daily with EZY, they served NOC/SNN daily. FR jumped on the routes ORK-2x Daily and daily both to NOC/SNN, they dumped their fares and undercut EZY to undermine and thwart competition. Both lost money, EZY decided it wasn't worth it.
FR then dropped NOC (leaving it with out an LGW service unti XL jumped on it followed by EI when XL tanked), ORK dropped to 1x daily (Peak of 5 in total!) and SNN remained the same.