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Old 12th Jun 2022, 09:41
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The Aer Lingus (etc) early transatlantic operation suffered from two major commercial disadvantages, firstly that demand was notably seasonal, even more than other carriers, in the summer months, having a low proportion of year-round business and commercial traffic, and secondly all the other carriers stopping over at Shannon pre-jets, who could pick off a proportion of what traffic there was, without any additional operating cost as they were stopping there anyway.

One wonders just what the loads were in early 720 days between October and March, and likewise when the 747s first came along as well.
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