Originally Posted by
Jamesair1
Does anyone know which Uk routes they will be operating on behalf of Aer Lingus?
I’d say entirely dependent on the rate of recovery from COVID. If Omicron sets things back significantly Aer Lingus and Cityflyer may want to continue using their own fleet on the Belfast network for want of anything better to do with those aircraft. If the business environment for airlines improves significantly, maybe they will vacate those routes for others to operate.
As Emerald are only a franchise, and not part of IAG. It would make no economic sense to vacate the Belfast network and hand that work over to a 3rd party operation, even if painted in Aer Lingus colours, and have IAG owned and operated aircraft sit idle as a result. To say nothing of some of the revenue going to a 3rd party also.