Originally Posted by
Albert Hall
Isn't there a slightly more fundamental problem here - by far the largest part of Stobart Air's operation is as an Aer Lingus Regional franchise. Will Aer Lingus and IAG really tolerate their largest feed partner at Dublin being majority-owned by Virgin Atlantic? The Flybe SAS ATR operation is a sideshow as Nordica could take that on, but the EI - Stobart - Virgin - Flybe dynamic is strange. I don't get that angle at all.
Good point, just paves the way for Cityjet. But let's not forget on the flip side, Flybe gives good feed to Aer Lingus US routes ex Dublin, from SOU, CWL, EXT, and DSA ... so +/- ...