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Old 11th Dec 2019, 20:46
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brian_dromey
 
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Thats a great add for the airport and coming at a time when FR have been shrinking routes and bases. Hopefully both Zadar and Dubrovnik do well for the summer.

On AMS, given that FR, EI and KL have been slugging it out for quite a few years now, I would hope that EI will continue to operate. It might work out that the increased connection opportunities actually grow the route, rather than shrink it. EI shrinking the Cork base wouldn't be a good outcome at all. I think they might be struggling a bit with the A320 - its probably a little too large to launch higher frequency city-type routes. The likes of NCE, DUS, BRU, FCO have all been cancelled or reduced in frequency. Swiss seem to be doing well with their A220 size aircraft and AF/KL are launching with the E-Jets. Fingers crossed the larger IAG group orders the A220 and that EI get an allocation, there must be scope to increase the aircraft size on some of the UK routes like MAN, BHX and/or frequency increases to the likes of EDI, the re-introduction of LBA, NCL or SOU. Perhaps LCY in wild dreams.
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